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Excerpt from The Legend of Nonnenwerth: And Other Poems This book is published, like some others, not wholly for the public, but for a circle of admiring friends: - here let me include those whom I do not as yet know, as well as those who are my kind subscribers. Meanwhile having become a book, these poems will also reach that ultima thule, the hand of the critic, and let us hope considerate judgment will even then say: "The bard sighs forth a gentle episode And gravely tells - " But in the opposite event, what if another Jeffrey should find - "His scribbling toils some recompense may meet, And raise this Daniel to the judgment seat." The poems are the scattered amusements and impressions of years in Louisiana and California, except the Legend, which was commenced and completed as a front piece within the last few weeks, since mention was first made of the book, because Mr. Owen - that friend and patron of the Muse - said in a notice that the "Longest and best had never yet been published." 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.