Excerpt from Poems That the following Poems have been gathered together from various corners of newspapers and other periodicals, and now offered to the public in a form good enough for the very best sort of literature, is owing entirely to the kindness of friends. Whether these friends have done wisely or not, my old patron the Public must determine. In pursuance of my evocation as Lecturer, and singer of Scottish songs, I have never found the Public slow to appreciate a clear expression of poetical thought and feeling: I em therefore confident, if this little volume do not succeed, it simply does not deserve success. One comfort remains for me, at all events - the genuine, un mistakable goodness of heart manifested toward me by men and by women, Whose friendship is even more valuable than literary fame. 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.