Excerpt from Memories of Home: And Other Poems Against the upright leaned a kitchen wing, Which one might think a mean, dependent thing; But, when the reg'lar gales of Autumn came, And the old house creaked, as tho' it were in pain, Or often reeled, like some lost ship at sea, The kitchen stout, her moorings held, while We In this apartment waited for the morn. 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 Memories of Home: Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature Fairer thou art, oh, beautiful May! Than even thy sister, whose reign is o'er, The blue'-eyed April, who wept and smiled, ened the earth cold before. She sang of thee, and our hearts were glad With thoughts Of the joys' sweet May would bring We longed for thee and thy merry hours, Oh, thou most beautiful month Of spring! There are sounds of pleasure o'er all the earth There are sweet birds singing in bush and tree There are laughing voices, and songs Of mirth, And joyous faces to welcome thee. There are busy fingers in every field Plucking thy treasures rich and rare Oh, May 1 so lovingly bountiful, Welcomes must greet thee everywhere. 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 "Home," and Other Poems It has been said that this is truly a poetic age, and that no previous period of the world's history has produced so large a company of really gifted Singers. While such may be the case, I fear that my efforts will not add much to the literature of the age, or com mend themselves to the critical, however much this might be desired. Far be it from me to desire empty flattery; yet I feel that he who does not wish to stand deservedly high in the estimation of his fellow-men wants one of the greatest incentives to real worth. 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 Marble House and Other Poems As she grew old her mind, as always happens with old people, was much occupied with her childhood and early youth. After she was eighty she began to write down some of her earliest memories. 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.