Clarel/Dedication

By

A SPONTANEOUS ACT,

NOT VERY LONG AGO,

MY KINSMAN, THE LATE

PETER GANESEVOORT,

OF ALBANY. N. Y.,

IN A PERSONAL INTERVIEW PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLICATION

OF THIS POEM, KNOWN TO HIM BY REPORT,

AS EXISTING IN MANUSCRIPT.

JUSTLY AND AFFECTIONATELY THE PRINTED BOOK IS

INSCRIBED IN HIS NAME.