Download or read book Poems and Prose Writings, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Henry Dana and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poems and Prose Writings, Vol. 2 of 2 "The world is empty, the heart is dead surely! In this world, plainly, all seemeth amiss." It went to my heart when they cleared the old parlour of the venerable family furniture, and stripped the oak panels of the prints of the months, - July with her large fan and full ruffles at the elbows, and January in her muff and tippet. They would have pulled down the panels, too, to make the room as smart and bright as paper could make it; but placing my back against them, I swore by the spirit of my grandfather, that not a joint in the old work should be started while I could stand to defend it. And I have my revenge when I see how pert, insignificant, and raw every thing looks, surrounded by the high and dark walls of the apartment. But the old furniture was huddled together topsy-turvy in the garret. The round oak table, which had many a day smoked with the substantial dinners of former times, lost one of its leaves by too rough handling; but an old oak desk, at which my grand father in his days of courtship was wont to pen epistles and sonnets to my grandmother, escaped the violence of the revolution with only a few scratches. 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.