Excerpt from Garden Spots in the Old Testament Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith's door, And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime; Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor, Old hammers worn with beating, years of time. How many anvils have you had? Said I, To wear and batter all these ham mers so Just one, said he, and then with twinkling eye, The anvil wears the hammers out, you know. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.