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Excerpt from Rambling Rhymes On November 4th, 1917, when nearly fifty-three years old, I concluded a letter to my daughter Esther as follows: "My write is writ, My tale is told, So here I quit And the paper fold." I had never even tried to produce a rhyme before, and am still wondering where the impulse came from that prompted me to make this attempt! To other letters I added other rhymes and finding that it was not difficult, I kept on "rhyming" until this considerable output is the result. At the suggestion of some of my friends who have kindly said they enjoyed my verses, they now appear in this form. I find I have covered quite a range of subjects and some of the poems are, of course, frankly foolish. I had thought of attempting to classify them, but who can say what is really wise and what foolish in life! Believing that many, like myself, prefer the old-fashioned flower-garden where roses, sunflowers and violets grow together, as may happen, rather than the formal garden where all is in order, I have so printed these children of my fancy, hoping the reader may find the transition from one to another not displeasing. It has been to me a pleasant innovation in a rather busy life. I write this hoping that perhaps others, who, like myself, have passed the half-century mark, may feel prompted to likewise venture into new fields of effort, and in so doing may find welcome change and recreation, as I have. 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.