Excerpt from Poems: Pastoral and Psalm Herald of the happy year, Robin redbreast, art thou here? Welcome to thy destined goal; Welcome, songster of the soul! Age and Childhood find in thee Kindred bond of sympathy; Hope and Memory are one In thy song's sweet unison. Common freehold all hearts claim In thy nature's artless aim; Best of priests and poets, thou, Singing on the leafless bough. Mead and mountain, wood and wold, Wait the rapture manifold, Which shall prove thee saint and seer, Dearest minstrel of the year! 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.