Ebook The Poems

Though the claim of Mrs. Emma C. Embury to a place among the poets of our land has long been established, no complete edition of her poetical works has ever before been published.

The compilation of the present volume has been altogether a labor of love, and no revision nor emendation of the poems has been attempted.

They are published in the order in which they were written, with the exception of two of the "Sketches from History," which, although written at a later date, are included with those published with "Guido" in 1828, under the nom de plume of "Ianthe."

In the years which have elapsed since the publication of that volume, the pen has become familiar to woman's hand, and crowds of aspirants now claim the meed of fame that was then awarded to but few.