Excerpt from Waltham Thickets: And Other Poems He never saw his life's last evening burn, But by his madness has he been so near, That very little space remained to turn. Now thou upon his coming grace confer; He follows Freedom, she that is so dear, As that man knows who gives his life for her. 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.