in June, 1842, and his remains were interred in the burial-ground at Saratoga.
The following lines, slightly varied from a stanza of the original poem—"The Mother's Lament"—written by Lucretia, are inscribed on his tombstone:—
Than that which once pillowed his health-blushing cheek;
Calmly he rests there, to silently moulder,
No tear to disturb him, no sigh to awake."
Lieutenant Davidson was possessed of a high, chivalric nature. He was brave, magnanimous, and full of charity. He was of that type and mould of character of which soldiers are made, and General Scott never spoke more truthfully than when, on .hearing of his death, he said: "The army has lost one of its brightest ornaments." Had he lived, he would doubtless have attained high rank in the army, and been honored as a patriot, a soldier, and a man.
His portrait, engraved on steel, graces this volume.
In addition to what we have already said in relation to Lucretia Davidson, we desire to quote a few remarks written by Mrs. Davidson, in her dedication to Washington Irving of a former edition of these poems, published in 1841, detailing the circumstances under which several of the poems were written.
"I have felt," Mrs. Davidson wrote, "much diffidence in presenting these manuscripts to the public, in their present imperfect and unfinished state; but the circum-
