Excerpt from Arbroath Abbey and Other Poems Before he left the sector, A bold course he conceived He'd teach old Fritz a lesson Before he was relieved. His men from early morning Kept shining up till noon, Then he, trench tactics scorning, Could not begin too soon. 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.