Excerpt from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome. The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain From many a stately market-place; From many a fruitful plain. From many a lonely hamlet, Which, bid by beech and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest Of purple Apennine; a a a as a 4 as a There he thirty chosen prophets, The wisest of the land, Who alway by Lars Porsena Both mom and evening stand Evening and morn the Thirty Have turned the verses o'er, Traced from the right on linen white3 By mighty seers of yore. And with one voice the Thirty Have their glad answer given Go forth, go forth, Lars Porsena; Go forth, beloved of Heaven. 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.