Excerpt from Athelstan, a Tragedy; Life and Death, an Allegory; And Other Poems Nor Cam, nor Isis, ever deign'd for me Provide a dinner, or more humble tea. Untaught I am, save that I've cast mine eye O'er all creation's works - earth, sea, and sky; And in each cloud which o'er my head doth lour, Behold the semblance of Almighty pow'r. 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.