Excerpt from The Everyday Library for Young People Hard as he worked at his duties, he did not lose his interest in all other things. Gradually, in spite of all his work, the deep vein of poetry in his nature asserted itself. There had been no poetry and not much imagination in his family, but while in the first flush of manhood he began to write verses, and soon established an enviable reputation. 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.