Excerpt from The Paradox and Other Poems The author begs to present herewith to the indul gent reader a trifling posy of wild flowers, gathered by the wayside of thought. If, upon inspection, their colors be found less fair, or their perfumes less fragrant, than those of their more favored compan ions reared in the gay parterre, he has yet no apology to offer; for these claim naught, save as untutored blossoms, springing spontaneously from. 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.