The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, 1843, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, 1843, Vol. 21Thin, bony mirror of the mind! Its virtues and its vices, I own, in thy re¿ective power, There 's something that entices, The world may now no longer dread Each knave that strives to trick it, Since we may read on every head Dame Nature's moral ticket.' The entire poem from which these lines are taken bears evidence of having been struck off on the Spur of the moment, and although we are not prepared to my that as a whole it might not be improved by careful revision, yet it imbodies passages of great beauty, which to segregate would be to spoil. One only extract we annex.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.