Excerpt from Love's Argument and Other Poems Love's Argument As it fell on a day That a traveller grey Was trudging along life's road, Who should chance to come by And his plight to espy But Love 'neath his archer's load? Whilst the wanderer gazed At the vision, amazed And doubtful if it were true; 'You are weary and sad, ' Quoth the radiant lad; 'Pray what can I do for you?' 'You go on your way, ' Sighed the traveller grey; 'For oft have I heard it told (And with singular truth) That love sojourns with youth, And cannot abide the old.' With a mischievous smile That was brimful of guile, 'That saying, ' quoth Love, 'is true: Your adorable She, Whosoever she be, Will always seem young to you.' 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 Love's Vengeance and Other Poems I offer this little booklet as my humble contri bution to the literature of Southern California. It is my firm conviction that this, Our Italy, as Charles Dudley ll/arner appropriately named it. Is destined in the course of time to emulate its European prototype as a center of literature and art 77ns, it, wnnns N77ne, the nuxnnparabhzcli mate of this region, which enables the 'zx'riter as well as the artist to pursue his labors with almost equal comfort and facility at all seasons. Its many natural charms. And the generally high order of' cultivation prez'ailing among its people, bid fair to insure. [f I can contribute, in ever so small a way, to bring about this consunzmation, I shall be well content to forego such advantages, pecun iary and otherwise, as a wider field might offer. 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.