Excerpt from Random Rhymes I saw the elm that stood above the spring, And in its branches hung the same old swing I prized so much in youth - in days gone by And with a happy, wild, exultant cry I leaped upon the board to ride again Like bird upon the air. My giddy brain Lost all its nerve; I fell; and, with a scream, Awoke to find 'twas but an idle dream. 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 techlogy 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.