Poems, Rhymes and Verses (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Poems, Rhymes and Verses The large majoritv of the following compositions all of them in fact, - except occasional obituary lines, and some short efforts of similar character, have been completed more than twenty years ago. They were written at a period in the author's life, before he had yet entered upon its stern realities, and when he was still undecided what calling, among the men and women of his own generation, he Should pursue, to obtain for him self an honorable livelihood, and, at the same time, accomplish something which should command, even though in a Slight degree, their good opinion and esteem. One of them has been already published in book form and a few others in periodicals of various places, times, and descriptions. The controlling motive of their publi cation now is to preserve, in some more tangible form than the mutilated pages of a scrap-book, or in scattered manuscripts, these children of his fancy of the long ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.