Excerpt from The Echo of the Lake: And Other PoemsIT is not my desire, in publishing these pro ductions, to seek recognition as a poet, but to portray, to the best of my ability, for the peru sal of a few personal friends, some of the senti ments and emotions that have agitated the mind of one in whom they have kindly ex pressed interest. I lay no claim to startling originality, but have endeavored to avoid being stilted or prosaic. I publish my verses, such as they are, trusting, through the indulgence of my friends and the indifference of the public.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.