Excerpt from Columbian: And Other Poems During these years new scenes and new sights have come up before him - the Centennial of which he has written, and is to be found in this volume has come and passed, western scenes have been traced out, the quadrennial is now upon us, and all together the poet has reason to congratulate himself upon the very many things that have come before him to aid his inspiration. How well he has portrayed these scenes in this little volume is for the reader to say, after having perused these verses, though it may not be amiss in him to say that under all the circumstances combined, he feels confident that no one will condemn or severely criticise these writings if thoroughly read and understood. If, by the perusal of these poems it should bring happiness to the reader and thereby help make the pathway of life more pleasant, the author will be more than repaid. 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.