Excerpt from A Handful of Honeysuckle Honeysuckle. I Gather from the hedgerows, where they spring, These sunshine-yellow flowers, grown sweet i' the air, Fearing to hope that ye can find them fair, Who at your wish could have a costlier thing. Lovers, for you no passion-flowers I bring, Nor any roses for your ladies' wear, No violets fragrant still from Sappho's hair, Nor laurel crowns to garland them that sing. But these are all I have, and these I give. True, they have languish'd since they came to town, As music suffers in the writing down, And well I know they have not long to live. Yet for your sakes these left their country ways, That, taken thence, are grown too poor for praise. 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.

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Excerpt from The Honeysuckle The Life and Poems of Mrs. Katie Maud Speed, containing a biography of the author by W. E. Clemens, Past Grand Master of Masonic Lodges of Ohio, and prominent citizen of Toledo. Introduction by B. Harrison Fisher, L. L. B., Toledo, O. Sketches by the following leading men of Toledo and elsewhere: Albert A. Payne, graduate of the Toledo High School, and Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons for the State of Ohio. Rev. B. F. McWilliams, Pastor of the Third Baptist Church of Toledo. Hon. John H. Bowles, Most Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Templar, Cleveland, Ohio. A. L. Harris, former Pastor Third Baptist Church of Toledo, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois. A. M. Clemens, Mail Carrier, and long a resident of Toledo. Rev. Daniel Carter, D. D., Pastor of the M. E. Church at Fayette, Ohio. Forest Mitchell, graduate of Frankfort High School, Frankfort, Indiana, and licentate minister of the Third Baptist Church. Mrs. Ada Brown Stewart, Secretary of the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Ohio. Rev. J. C. Taylor, Pastor of Friendship Temple, Toledo, Ohio. Endorsement by the Hon. Carl H. Keller, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. 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.

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