Download or read book Songs in Exile, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert Edwin Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Songs in Exile, and Other Poems I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what by mortals in this world is brought In Time's great periods shall return to nought; That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail Beauty's like the purple flower, To which one morn oft birth and death affords; That Love a jarring is of minds' accords, Where sense and will bring under reason's power: Know what I list, this all can not me move, But that, alas, I both must write and love. W. Drummond. 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.