Excerpt from Bubbles and Dreams: A Book of VerseI care have I for worldly 5tate, For fame and fortune are kin To care, And-. Fanta5y remedy5, soon or late), whatever ill [have'to bear! -l who-50 her livery 5hall wear Makes li¿le accovnl' Oi rdugl'n edge-5 or 5eam5 na' 5 free'd of fretling who Cares To share In The blowing of bubbles and dreaming of dream5!he world shove/5 many a Tem'piing bail} Wiih muli'iple promi5e5, falsely fair. Lt babbles at Worih, wiih idle prate, And mocks at merit, wiih empty 5ta're! Ah! Wise 15 he who wends him where the_5cepter of Fa parkles and gleams, j And 5hows her surcease from care slnihe blowing of bubbles and dreaming OI dreams!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.