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Excerpt from The Poetical Writings of Orson F. Whitney: Poems and Poetic Prose At various times during the past dozen years or more - the period covered by my efforts in the literary field, I have been advised, even importuned, by well-meaning friends, to gather up the scattered, and, as I fear, withered leaves that have fallen from my tree of poesy, and weave them into a garland; in other words, to publish my poems in a book. To act upon this suggestion, while grateful for the spirit which prompted it, I have hitherto been loth; for, although a lover of poetry, and an occasional writer of rhymes, I have never deemed myself a poet, nor imagined that any production of mine would entitle its author to even the lowest pedestal, or humblest nook, in the "poet's corner" of public opinion. 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.