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Excerpt from Song-Captives
The very flattering reception accorded to my first book of poems, five years ago, must be my excuse for the publication of a second volume. Poetry is my pastime, not my vocation, and these Captives are the spoils of Pccasional excursions, on this con tinent and abroad, at periods When overwork in an arduous profession has compelled rest and change of scene. I em deeply conscious of their many defects; I would they were more worthy; but, such as they are, I free. 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.
