Excerpt from Experiences of a Greenhorn, and Other Poems The pain of parting thus was o'er And fast the train steamed toward the shore Where ships are numbered by the score; As one thats dazed I sat. My eyes fixed on the floor Or outward gazed. Long years abroad I would remain Ere I would see my folks again Or ride upon a British train Farewell ye all. Yet antidotes remove the bane Of Duties call. 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.