Excerpt from Songs of Early Spring And now, not wishing to exhaust the patience of my readers, I will leave to them without further prelude, the imperfections of the following pages. Probably my future poetical existence will be determined by their verdict, yet, I cannot conclude without expressing a desire some day to meet them under happier auspices. 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.