Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Flowers of Song From Many Lands: Being Short Poems and Detached Verses, Gathered From Various Languages and Rendered Into English
The florist who gathered these Flowers of Song from so many gardens and conservatories in lands widely removed from each other, takes this opportunity of disclaiming originality. Some of these leaves, buds, and blossoms (for they are not all full-blown flowers, rich in beauty and fragrance) have been taken directly from the soil in which they grew; but a much larger number of them have come from reliable prose renderings. Some are as familiar as were the marigolds and hollyhocks of the old-fash ioned gardens to our grandparents; and some are not often seen in English collections. But each specimen is in some way charac teristic, and has its peculiar interest, when one considers soil and climate. If English readers find in these unequal lines pleasure and profit for the passing hour, the florist will count himself well rewarded for all his labor. The turning of these verses into English rhyme has been the delightful entertainment of many an. 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.
