Excerpt from Griselda: A Society Novel in Rhymed Verse In things Divine beyond man's life and death, Pleasure and pain. Of heaven what know we, Save as unfit for angels' company, Say rather hell's? We cling to sins confessed, And say our prayers still hoping for the best. We fear old age and ugliness and pain. 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.