Excerpt from River, Bird and Star: Second Edition Welcome there, and there forever Free from artifice Of earth, Shall the noble of that country, In its things of real worth, Read the Wisdom of the Father, From whose all-creating hand Are the beauties, and the glories, And the people of that land. 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.