THE VILLAGE BRIDAL

AND OTHER POEMS:

adith a fragment of Autobiograpbp.

ALSO,

TWO LECTURES

ON

THE POETRY OF FEELING AND THE POETRY OF DICTION,"

AND

“THE BEST MEANS OF ELEVATING THE WORKING CLASSES."

BY

JAMES HENRY POWELL.

LONDON:
WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE-MARIA LANE ;
LONGMAN AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW;

LIVERPOOL: E. HOWELL;
BIRKENHEAD: WARD AND PARKER.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. TO THE

RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT GODERICH, M.P.

MY LORD,

THE many services you have generously rendered the Working Classes, so as to enable them, by their own intelligence and united industry, to produce for mutual interest, and to rise morally and socially to a more elevated position, are the true evidences of how much your Lordship deserves both their gratitude and that of the community at large.

And as the simple but heartfelt expression of the deep conviction felt in the usefulness of your Lordship’s public career, the humble efforts contained in the present volume are respectfully dedicated by

Your Lordship's most obedient servant,

J. H. POWELL.

ENGINEER,
CANADA WORKS, BIRKENHEAD,

Sept. 16, 1854.