Excerpt from Gems From the Poets: Containing Selections From the Writings of Homer, Milton, Shakspere, Scott, Burns, Byron, Longfellow, Whittier, Tennyson, Lowell, and Many Other Famous Poets That can Weep with the world in its woe of to-day, 'and to-morrow take part in its merriest play. That can feel, and can be, yet 'can never express All the feeling and being its life may possess. 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.