Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rural Repository, Vol. 12: Devoted to Polite Literature, Such as Moral and Sentimental Tales, Original Communications, Biography, Traveling Sketches, Amusing Miscellany, Humorous and Historical Anecdotes, Summary, Poetry, &C Fade, day-dreams sweet, from memory fade! The perished bliss of Youth's first prime, That once so bright on Fancy played, Revives no more in after-time. Far from my sacred natal slime I haste to an untimely grave; The daring thoughts that soared sublime, Are sunk in Ocean's southern wave. 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.