A Place in the Country the Story of a Great Adventure (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Place in the Country the Story of a Great Adventure<br><br>The Argument of His Book<br><br>I sing of Brooks, of Blossomes, Birds, and Bowers:<br>Of April, May, of June, and July-Flowers.<br>I sing of May-poles, Hock-carts, Wassails, Wakes,<br>Of Bride-grooms, Brides, and of their Bridall-cakes.<br>I write of Youth, of Love, and have Accesse<br>By these, to sing of cleanly-Wantonnesse.<br>I sing of Dewes, of Raines, and piece by piece<br>Of Balme, of Oyle, of Spice, and Amber-Greece.<br>I sing of Times trans-shifting; and I write<br>How Roses first came Red, and Lillies White.<br>I write of Groves, of Twilights, and I sing<br>The Court of Mab, and of the Fairie-King.<br>I write of Hell; I sing (and ever shall)<br>Of Heaven, and hope to have it after all.<br><br>Robert Herrick (1591-1674)<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.