Excerpt from Poems and Selections With an Address Poems and Selections. The Florentine Rose Girl. Written September 10th, 1874, at Long's Drug Store, Bryan, Williams Country, Ohio.) Vandini he galloped in haughty pride, On the back of his coal black steed, did ride, When a Florentine maid beyond compare, With piercing black eyes, and bright auburn hair, Appeared in his path, with a basket of roses; He reigned up his charger, flew to her side, To the maid with passionate ardor cried, Thy form is matchless, to love thee I dare: Be constant ever, she said, or beware. The thought in my brain to me discloses, That he who steals and withers my posies, Must beware of the Thorn hid 'neath my roses. Oh! there was wild joy in that maiden's heart; The Moon shone brightly; 'twas hard to part. Vandini had sought, and obtained the pearls, That were hidden beneath her clustering curls, He sought for and found the Florentine's Rose; 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.