Excerpt from White Laurustine: Poems Like, no doubt, every other who has essayed publica tion for the first time, especially in the difficult and doubt ful field of verse, the writer has not been without mis givings as to the wisdom of submitting these frail children of his imagination to the tender mercies of a critical and unsympathetic public. After long resistance to the per suasive importunities of well-meaning friends, he has, at last, however, decided to permit them to see the light. Of the wisdom or otherwise of this course the public alone is capable of judging. Having taken the step, he leaves the matter in their hands; trusting that they will be good natured, and not condemn too severely what makes no claim to great literary merit. 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.