Excerpt from A Book of Poems OR a few years past I have been thinking Of collecting some of my best poems, that have appeared in various papers from time to time, and arrange them for publica tion in book form. After considerable delay the intended volume is now ready and awaits your criticism, which I hope will be fairly given, allowing for the enthusiasm Of youth and all unintentional mistakes. 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.