Excerpt from The Youth of Beauty: And Other Poems There are more intimate poems in this book which reveal a nature of great tenderness, for who could fail to be touched by the naive sweetness and delicate pathos of Love that Waited' or the beautifully expressive sentiment of After Vacation P The latter poem is not only an expression of a poet's most intimate feeling, it is an echo caught from the unstilled regret of all who have watched the opening beauty of a young life, and it is this felicity in detecting the Springs of affection, arid the hidden pathos of the most ordinary episode, which discovers his gift, captivates his reader with the tones of intimacy, and reveals a nature of singular charm which has known the shadow as well as the sunshine of life; for it is true that our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought, and if they vibrate with the truth of un feigned passion they cannot fail to delight and partake of the intimacy and love of responding hearts. 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.