Excerpt from King James Wedding and Other Rhymes Should any reader ask me why I write in rhyme, I would reply In our Scotch manner with a query: Why do the birds when sad or cheery Sit on the branches or the twigs And pipe laments or whistle jigs? Why does the lark on flutt'ring wing Soar to the clouds and joyful sing? And wherefore does the nightingale In darkness chaunt his mournful tale? Because these birds by day and night In making music take delight: And as with them so 'tis with me, I feel a joy in melody; And therefore sometimes sweeten time By putting fancies into rhyme. 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.