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 leaf. If not, and you wish to see a copy, I will make one for you" (2d January, 1868). The volume of Burns's Poems, however, could not be found, and on this being made known to Mr Harland, he copied the verses and enclosed them in his next letter. They are well worthy of preservation. {{center|{{smaller|"To B.B.}} {{block center|{{smaller block| In thoughts of joyous scenes, In memory's pleasing dreams, In Friendship's brightest gleams, {{float right|Remember me!}} By all our hours of gladness, Of reason, mirth, and sadness, Unmixed with aught of madness, {{float right|Remember me!}} Through hours, and days, and years, Through Fortune's smiles and tears, Through all Life's hopes and fears, {{float right|Remember me!}} Whate'er of good or ill May yet befall me, till The clutch of Death, I'll still {{float right|Remember thee!}} }}}} {{right|J.H."|offset=1em}}

November 1826.

Mr Harland always retained a fondness for poetry; and not unfrequently indulged in that species of composition. He had studied Shakespeare critically, and was well acquainted with the works of our leading authors, both ancient and modern. He proved his familiarity with our great dramatist in his contribution to our joint "Essay on Songs and Ballads," which appeared in the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and in 1843 he published a few of his own compositions as "Stray Leaves," under the signature