Poems and Songs Humorous, Serious, and Satirical BY ALEXANDER RODGER EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ROBERT FORD NEW AND COMPLETE EDITION ALEXANDER GARDNER Publisher to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria PAISLEY; AND PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON 1901 My Lord, AUTHOR'S DEDICATION. [Poems and Songs, 1838.] To the Right Honourable HENRY LORD Brougham and Vaux. Flattered, and somewhat emboldened, by the very favourable reception which many of my Pieces have received from the Public, I have presumed to offer them in a collected form to your Lordship. I trust I may be permitted to express myself as an ardent admirer of your Lordship's exertions in the cause of Liberty-the Diffusion of Knowledge-Reforms in our National Laws, in spirit and administration-and in behalf of the oppressed and injured Negro; and to hope that the Master Mind of the Age will long continue to be devoted to the same glorious objects. I am, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, α ALEXANDER RODGER. |