Excerpt from VersesLoud and clear through the Open window came the bird's call, and in an instant I found myself transported to a shady grove I know of, where you look one way and see a long stretch Of woodland, and when you look the other your eye rests upon a patch of yellow sand, and then miles and miles of blue water.Above you the oak leaves rustle and the birds riot beneath you the ants scurry to and fro through the grass. A tent stands yonder, and through the Open ¿aps you catch a glimpse of a couple of camp beds, a table decorated with several disreputable-looking pipes, and something that bears a suspicious resemblance to a deck Of cards.You are lying in a hammock, gazing lazily up at a patch of blue sky that peeps through a rift in the tree-tops, your costume is remarkable for its meagerness, and your frame of mind is one Of utter content.Up along the shore in a dead tree, a family Of crows are sunning themselves, cawing lazily at intervals, down at the beach the ripples come in with a dreamy wash-wash that is infinitely soothing, and a couple of spotted sandpipers trot energetically along in the sand.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.