Edward Garrett

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Excerpt from Edward Garrett: A Story of MarsGar. Well, that's good enough, bright light of wit. Old man, take him and treat him as you can, [to Cottager. Foster it and see it grown to manhood. And I charge thee, rear him well. Be it so. I just took him from a band of gypsies. Now, indeed, find his parents if thou canst. They stole him and I just took him from them. Five miles to rear I met a native son. Said he, Hold! Ho, Garrett, highwayman. Stop! You stole that boy. And then I said, You lie. Then he grabbed my halter, then drew his sword, He lunged, yea, and sure Would have struck the boy, Then I knocked him, his soul is soaring now. The whole town will be mad in my pursuit. Now, in his training lavish not too much On finer niceties, and that his soul May be not small, nor picayune of heart. But dwell upon his greatness and all that, The expansiveness of his attainments, His excellence, majesty, mastery, And the magnitude of his creation. Impress on him anent his nobleness, And that when he grows unto be a man He will be noble as the ocean's broad: And so when he begins to know himself He will be grace and depth and loveliness. Ah, we admire to see a man where'ere, For in his carriage there's deportment, air, He's charming, he is gentle, he is fair. All time ever was or ever will be 's interested in this lad I bring thee, And the whole eternity of things are, For why? Because this boy I bring thee is. And so, therefore, old man, thou mind him well, Teach him in his youth for to be all truth, When he grows to be a man, to be square, Always even dealing with his fellow. And now do try, good man, keep his heart clean, Mind uncloud by sin of his poor passions, And so that when love's awakening comes Fires of his entrancement will delight him, His purest, his divinest soul sublime Shall widen, as the dawn makes wide the morn, And love's fond light disintegrate the dark Of the night of his pacific nature. Hark! I hear them. I charge thee, guard him well. Cot. I shall, never fear, guard him well as can.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.