Excerpt from Stray Leaves To the patronage of my friends and a generous public, I beg leave to present the following pages, earnestly hoping they may be received with the same kind regard as the little volume entitled Arcadian Leaves, published in 1857 and 1858; though, as a literary production, I am well aware they possess but little merit, but trust they may serve to while away a passing hour, when more weighty matter would be distasteful; and my readers will have the pleasing assurance, that while they favor the circulation of these Poems, they will be shedding sunbeams on the dark and lonely path of her who is deprived of one of Gods choicest gifts - namely, that of sight. And feeling that further preface is unnecessary, I respectfully submit them to the kind perusal of all who may feel interested. 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.