Excerpt from Ward Gray, and Other Poems The author of these lines does not make any pretentions to literary ability, since his original training and present circumstances give no allow ance to such claims. His only aim being to give, in a few coarse outlines, certain pictures of life, showing that lamentable disposition Which parents frequently exercise toward their children, which so often brings ruin and desolation in the after life of persons, whose youth promised once a happy man or womanhood. If this sketch will have the effect to awaken a better sentiment in this respect. Caus ing parents to prefer Virtue and ability to rank and finance, his feeble efforts will have been attained. 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.