Excerpt from The Amateur's Song Book, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing a Large Collection of Popular, Sentimental, National and Comic Songs, Set to Music in Two Parts, the Air, or First Treble and Base The gem a king might covet Isnot the gem for me; From darkness who would move it, Save that the world may see; But I've a gem that shuns display, And next my heart worn every day, So dearly do I love it; Oh! That's the gem for me, &0. 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.