Excerpt from Gathered Autumn LeavesFor an appropriate title, Gathered Autumn Leaves suggested itself, for the reason that the verses were written in the autumn of life, and like autumn leaves indiscriminately gathered in the forest, represent the writer's fancy and mood in his rambles with the muse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.