Excerpt from Rural Musings Eader, if e'er you chance to look Within the pages of this small book, The man who wrote it, I may say, Has laboured hard for many a day Before the swelting, blazing forge, With sweat on brow like drops of rain That trickle down the window pane. Adhering to the good old creed That diligence maketh rich indeed Adds no sorrow nor rankling care, Wins bread enough and some to spare. The writer has this truth realised When balmy sleep has closed his eyes. 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.