Excerpt from Poems for the Sea This little book is the result of some personal acquaintance with the element Whose name it bears. Might it go forth With the voyager, over the path less waters, and perchance, tenderly deepen the image of the friend Who had made it a parting gift, it would fulfil a pleasant destiny. 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.