Excerpt from A Child's Thoughts in Rhyme He has done his work in this world of strife, And soon will go on to a better life. He is the friend of the poor, upholds the negro Should all his kind deeds stand 'twould make a long row. He once saw the prairie where now is the town. 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.