Excerpt from The Collected Verses of Arthur H. Adams In the compilation of this book some twenty pieces of verse have been selected (and revised) from the 67 items in my first book of verse, Maoriland and Other Verses, published thirteen years ago; a number of verses appear now for the first time and the rest have been published in The Bulletin, The Lone Hand, and a few other magazines, Australian and English. To the proprietors of these magazines and the publisher of Maoriland and Other Verses, I have to acknowledge my indebtedness for permission to reprint. Roughly, this selection represents about one-fourth of my serious shorter verse. The contents of two separate volumes of my verse entitled The Nazarene and London Streets, have not been drawn on for this volume. Apart from the considerations of space, it seemed to me that these volumes, being each practically one complete poem, should be left untouched and excerpts would not sufficiently represent their contents. 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.