Excerpt from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 24: Containing Original Essays, Historical Narratives, Biographical Memoirs, Sketches of Society, Topographical Descriptions, Novels and Tales It was no idle rapture which I felt, What time the earth with morni dew was sown, And man and matron to their M er knelt, And humbled them before the Almighty's throne; To sit upon the sole remaining stone Of some rased castle, and there muse. 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.