THE
Prophecy of Merlin
AND
O T H E R P O E M S.
BY
JOHN READE.
MONTREAL:
Published by Dawson Brothers.
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1870.
Entered according to Act of Parliament, in the year 1870, by
John Reade,
in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
MONTREAL: PRINTED BY THE MONTREAL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.
“O living friends that love me!
O dear ones gone above me!
Careless of other fame,
I leave to you my name.
* * * *
Sweeter than any sung
My songs that found no tongue;
Nobler than any fact
My wish that failed of act.”
J. G. Whittier.
CONTENTS.