Excerpt from The Story of Justin Martyr: Sabbation and Other Poems To - If, Lady, at thy bidding I have strung As on one thread these few unvalued beads, I cannot ask the world to count them pearls, Or to esteem them better than they are: But thou, I know, wilt prize them, for by thee Solicited, I have beguiled with these The enforced leisure of the present time, And dedicate of right my little book To thee, beloved - sure at least of this, That if my verse has aught of good or true, It will not lack the answer of one heart. And if herein it may be thou shalt find Some notes of jarring sound, and some that speak A spirit ill at ease, unharmonised, Yet 'twere a wrong unto thyself to deem 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.