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Excerpt from The Siege of Richmond: A Poem <p>And make the most disdainful prove, Who verse before could never love; That in this simple lay Of mine, Some brilliant gems of thought may shine; And that some merits grace the strains, Should people only use their brains; And that my life's not useless led. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.