Excerpt from PoemsWilliam Marshall Howard was born June 4, 1880, in Malone, N. Y., where he spent his life in a loving home, except a short period at the Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. He also received instruction in sketching and painting. In each department many proofs of his ability remain in the adornment of his home.His poetical effusions seemed a natural gift, of which no one was aware till they began to appear in the poets' corner of the local papers.Of frail constitution from childhood, his health was undermined by la grippe about Christmas time of 1898, and still farther drawn upon by the death of his mother the following March. A little later a sea trip to the South was taken, resulting somewhat beneficially, so that the summer was passed very pleasantly.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.