Author: Eugene Field
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-09-16
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781528068178
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Excerpt from A Little Book of Western Verse Ence, telling us of the happiness that was ours and comforting us with the ever recur ring thought of the pleasures of that travelled road. For it is happiness to walk and talk with a brother for forty years, and it is happi ness to know that the surety of that brother's affection, the knowledge of the greatness of his heart and the nobility of his mind, are not for one memory alone but may be pub licly attested for admiration and emulation. That it has fallen to me to speak to the world of my brother as I knew him I rejoice. 1 do not fear that, speaking as a brother, I shall crowd the laurel wreaths upon him, for to this extent he lies in peace already honored; but itl can show him to the world, not as a poet but as a man, - itl may lead men to see more of that goodness, sweetness, and gentleness that were in him, I shall the more bless the memory that has survived. My brother was born in St. Louis in 1850. Whether the exact day was September 2 or September 3 was a question over which he was given to speculation, more particularly in later years, when he was accustomed to discuss it frequently and with much earnest. 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.
