Excerpt from Verses of Many Days The flames in the fireplace are glancing Like the glad light in welcoming eyes, And the very shadows are dancing As the musical voices rise. Then up with the apples and cider, From the cellar so cool and dim, And if we have any derider Why, the cellar's the place for 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.