Excerpt from Sir Francis Drake: And Other Fugitive PoemsIN presenting this little volume, I lout carry out a suggestion which was, when he lived, urged upon my honored father by many of his friends and ad mirers. While it was never the intention of the author of these fragmentary verses that they should be placed in their present form, I indulge the hope that they will prove of more than passing interest to his friends and the public alike.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.