Excerpt from Gleanings From Life's Wayside I've bidden the world adieu to-day, And, leaving my burdens all behind, Happy and free to the woods I stray To find a balm for my fevered mind, And to read in the book divine. In the woods is a pleasant spot I know, Where the dark green ferns and the daisies hide; Where the pure white flowers of laurel blow The maple and hemlock and birch beside, And a brooklet murmurs near. Up in a Skyward maple branch A warbler carols forever unseen, And the oven-bird, like an avalanche, Poureth his song through the leafy screen In a climax loud and clear. The woodthrush's ringing, silvery tone Chaseth the remnants of care 's alloy, And I think that Eden has never flown With nothing forbidden I taste its joy, Mid no tempter need me allure. 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.