Excerpt from Lays of Ind: Comical, Satirical and Descriptive, Poems Illustrative of English Life in India His modest tome, kind writ, From time to time, and bit by bit; Some Lays appearing here and there, Where Editors could comers spare; While others, bound into a book, Were published in Bombay - and took. At least, 'yours truly' thinks he 'may That much, of swagger guiltless, say; For of his first attempt, no less Than three editions passed the press, And of the second, he is told, There's not a single vol. Unsold. Since ...
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Excerpt from Lays of Ind: Comical, Satirical and Descriptive, Poems Illustrative of English Life in India His modest tome, kind writ, From time to time, and bit by bit; Some Lays appearing here and there, Where Editors could comers spare; While others, bound into a book, Were published in Bombay - and took. At least, 'yours truly' thinks he 'may That much, of swagger guiltless, say; For of his first attempt, no less Than three editions passed the press, And of the second, he is told, There's not a single vol. Unsold. Since they were issued, several others Appeared in journals, like their brothers, And now the whole, all of a heap, Are offered to you - very cheap. Dear Pub., 'yours truly' hopes you'll laugh At what is merely meant for chaff; And, being chaff, is not so vain As to attempt to pass for grain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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