Excerpt from Domesticus a Tale of the Imperial City And so She grew, day and night, in sun and Shower, through all happy seasons, the birds Singing, the flowers blooming, the winds blowing, and the earth revolving, for her special satisfaction and de light, while Father Time counted out for her his re serve of golden moments, with reckless generosity, she Spending them as freely, and making all faces brighter, and all hearts happier, wherever she came or went, as child, or maiden, until a merry clanging of bells rang in her wedding day. 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.