Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Vol. 5 If thou hadst ever seen it, where were now Thy joy? 'tis novelty makes the delight. To them that in this castle dwell, the sea Is as the desert was to us at Fez. B 7. 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.