Excerpt from Things Worth While: A Volume of Verse Illustrated There is so much to claim as a birthright, there is so much to leave as an inheritance, and though our accomplishment be ever so small, let us express ourselves in some way to show our appreciation. I should like to think deeper than I can, I should like to write clearer than I do, I should like to be better in everything that I attempt, but I have done my best, I have tried to be understood in these simple verses, which are the cold printed plan of my own feelings and imagination, the best expression I can give to my own thoughts; you are free to have yours regarding them. 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.