Published sep 1.1803 by John Murrar 32 Flat Street London.

A Legendary Tale.

THE NINTH EDITION.

WITH

OTHER POEMS.

BY

EDMUND CARTWRIGHT, M. A.

INSCRIBED TO

HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 32, FLEET STREET, AND
JOHN HARDING, 36, ST. JAMES's-STREET,

BY C. WHITTINGHAM, DEAN STREET.

1803.

D.24.6.91

2799

f 95

INSCRIPTION.

WHEN Love, repaid for all his hours of pain,

Conducts the blushing bride to Hymen's fane,

There seals his vows, and reaps their rich reward, Affection, friendship, duty, and regard

All join in gratulation, and prepare

Their bridal presents for the blooming fair.
Whate'er may boast of elegant design,

Each curious product of the loom or mine,
The richly-freighted casket, that displays
The pearl's soft lustre or the diamond's blaze,
The pictur'd tablet, and the sculptur'd gem,
All wait your hand; yet shall you not contemn

(So Hope persuades) these offerings that bring,

These simple field-flowers of life's early spring,
With others too combined of later bloom-

Nor brilliant hues they boast, nor rich perfume;
Yet shall they rise to unexpected fame,
Beneath the shelter of a BEDFORD's name;

A name that gives to mix'd emotions birth,
Applied to present and departed worth!

Now tears of joy, and now of grief, we shed,
As thought presents the living-or the dead!
How dear that name to me in every view!
Nor is it less endear'd as borne by you!