Excerpt from The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. 1 of 2 The gentle form that glides away. The little school-nymph, drawing near, Says, with a sly and courteous leer, As plain as eye and manner 'can, Thou loy'st me - bless thee, . Anne l Even babes catch the beloved theme. 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.