Excerpt from Waifs, or Poems I partake of the painful uncertainty natural to an unheralded intruder into the sacred precincts of Parnassus, as to the reception his first efforts may receive, and yet am nevertheless hopeful for them, and shall appreciate any indulgence my friends and the public may extend these youthful labors. Till now these thoughts have wrought nothing, nor can so long as they repose in the tray of my trunk; but henceforth they are the world's, since I assume the responsibility of sending them forth, in doing which I believe, if no great good is expressed in them, at least no evil is. I bid them Adieu, believing they will bespeak themselves, and charge them to do what good they can in their pilgrimage. 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.