Excerpt from Merry Thoughts They thought they ought to weep On hearing comic verses, Displaying all the deep Solemnity of hearses. I realized with ease This fault of education I taught them by degrees The art of cachinnation. The erst despondent elves Became elate and hearty They gave among themselves A weekly dinner-party A joyous mortal tone Now marked their every action, Transparency alone Betraying their extraction Though some of mortal clay, I have my own suspicions, In this especial trait Excel those apparitions. 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.