Excerpt from Opening Buds: A Collection of Poems Kind reader: I come before you, not as a poetess, but as an humble rhymer, and trust you will find something to commend in my little book and, also, that you will say noth ing of its errors. These Poems - at least the greater part of them - Twere written while attending school, under the age of fifteen, and were the fruits Of a few idle moments gleaned here and there. They were written chiefly for my own amusement, and not with a view of placing them where they now stand, before a criticising public. 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.

Excerpt from Poetic Buds Pursue thy flight on fancy's wing! In sympathetic numbers tell The woes a guileless maid befell! Down in a vale, beside a wood, A lowly white-thatched cottage stood 'tis years ago, and matters not The name, but 'twas a lovely spot Soft verdure clothed the sloping hills, Profusely veined with purling rills; Bright-foliaged trees waved high around The craggy steeps with pines were crowned. Here flowers in wild luxuriance grew; And birds to its safe coverts flew. Sweet Philomel her dreamy song Would often through the night prolong. 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.

Excerpt from Poetical Buds: Songs and Other Poems IT is necessary that a preface should be prefixed to this work, and such will be expected by a great many of my readers, from which, with other particular reasons, I will write; and, at the same time, endeavour to avoid the dull introductory remarks, which very frequently are only an incumbr'ance to a book. First of all, I would humbly solicit the charity of the critic, and I hope the imperfections with which my Poems mav abound will be forgiven as soon as they shall have been discovered, for this reason - I am a self-taught author (if I may assume the title}, nor was it till since the year 18243 that an idea of learning dawned upon my mind. 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.