Fashion and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Fashion and Other Poems<br><br>The kind reception given to my first publication, by my friends and acquaintances, and especially by the Masonic Fraternity, induces me to offer another volume for their patronage.<br><br>Although I do not pretend to reach the sublime in the divine art, yet I believe that my humble and unpretending productions will entertain those who have a leisure moment to spare from the cares of their profession.<br><br>If I have embalmed the memory of the dead, succeeded in painting some of the follies of the age, and touched the human heart with the nobler impulses which should ornament the soul, I shall feel myself fully repaid for the labor which I have undergone.<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.