Poems

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. 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.<br><br>The compilation of the present volume has been altogether a labor of love, and no revision nor emendation of the poems has been attempted.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.