Excerpt from The Alchymist's Heir: A Romance in Three CantosN o cunning monk shall hear my tale, No coward priest shall see my tears My heart may burst, my life blood fail Before I own their creed or fears. But on this page each woe I'll trace? And spirits of the past I'll face, Till memory's sting hath lost its power, And thought hath ceased to burn my breast I fain would live one calmer hour Ere in the grave I seek my rest.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.