LONDON: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

New-Street-Square,

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FIRE-SIDE SCENES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

THE BACHELOR AND MARRIED MAN,

&c. &c. &c.

'Tis not in artful measures, in the chime
And idle tinkling of a minstrel's lyre,
To charm his ear, whose eye is on the heart;
Whose power can disappoint the proudest strain,
Whose approbation - prosper even mine. COWPER.

LONGMAN. HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1825.

A FEW DAYS

FROM

MY JOURNAL.

VOL. I.

Was it strange that when he met A heart attuned . . . .a spirit like his own, Of lofty pitch, yet in affection mild, And tender as a youthful mother's joy, – Oh! was it strange, if at such sympathy The feelings, which within his breast repelled And chilled had shrunk, should open forth like flowers After cold winds of night, when gentle gales Restore the genial sun !

SOUTHEY's Roderick.