not be justly said, "They have come up through much tribulation."

Frederick City, September 7th, 1849.

In humble testimony of my gratitude for your services as a friend,

and my admiration and respect for your character and worth as an

author and a man, permit me to dedicate to you the poem of "Mazelli."

"Stay, traveller, stay thy weary steed,

The sultry hour of noon is near,

Of rest thy way-worn limbs have need,