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Excerpt from Gems From the Southland I love the broad expanse of land, I love the hills and sea The pearly shells that grace the sand In all their mystery. I love the trees that shelter me, The grass that round me grows, The myriad owers that I see, The fragrance of the rose. I love the blueness of the sky With ne'er a cloud to mar; The gentle breeze that wafts a sigh From out its journey far. 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.