TO A. H. B.

Dear Hallam, with this trifling gift

Best wishes now I send thee;

Through all thy future life may joy

And grace and peace attend thee.

May this the bright beginning be

Of days love-crowned and royal;

May griefs and faults and foes be few,

Friends manifold and loyal.

May gems from authors such as these

Store well thy mental coffer,

But for thy heart's enrichment please

Accept the love I offer.