Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White The peculiar disposition of his mind, having thus early displayed itself, every day added to its force. Study and abstraction were his greatest pleasures, and a love of reading became his predominant pas sion. I could fancy, said his eldest sister, I see him in his little chair with a large book upon his knee, and my mother calling, Henry, my love, come to dinner, ' which was repeated so often with out being regarded, that she was obliged to change the tone of her voice before she could rouse him. 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.