Excerpt from Love's Empire and Other Poems Invocation When Zephyr breathes upon the mist It falls to earth in genial showers. She, by the quickening raindrops kiss'd, Displays her joy in fragrant flowers. Breathe, Muse, and from my thoughts distil Words apt, abundant, soft and clear, In liquid numbers tuned to fill With Fancy's harvest souls that hear. 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 Songs of Love and Empire "After Sixty Years" appeared on June 22, 1897, in the Daily News; "To the Queen of England" and many other verses in the Pall Mall Gazette; "A Song of Peace and Honour" and "A Song of Trafalgar" in the Daily Chronicle, and certain other verses in the Athenaum. To the Editors of these papers my thanks are due. 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 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.

Excerpt from The Triumph of Love Poems Fond Mother of Imperial sons Who dwell in lands beyond thy sea, Rejoice! for see their toil-worn hands Are stretched in helpful love to Thee. What if thy eldest son has torn Himself away from thine embrace! Thou know st that in his secret heart He proudly owns his royal race; And would if danger threatened thee Be foremost to defend thy cause, For he was dandled on thy knee, And nurtured in thy righteous laws. Blow then a trumpet blast to Heaven, And let the listening nations knew. Thine Empire, knit by bonds of love, Shall never tall to foreign foe. Ll 1 - 9: -. 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 Love-Bound and Other Poems Poetry is, among other things, the universal expression of individual emotion. This gives verse its importance and its audacity. There is a sense in which each essay in verse challenges all the past, and enters the list with the great of all time. But there comes a season, both early and late, in all tongues, when verse is common to all. Once early, when speech is still fluid, in the days of the ballad, and once late, as in our own day, when the field of verse is once more open to all, because the seeds of rhyme have been sown in every soul. 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.