Camp Songs for the Soldier

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Excerpt from Camp Songs for the Soldier: And Poems of Leisure Moments This little Book of Songs and Poems, some of which were written years ago, and others since the commencement of the present Rebellion, without the intention of publication, is now issued, not for speculation nor to acquire fame as a writer, but simply to gratify the urgent and repeated solicitations of a number of loyal friends, who have listened to many of them in the Concert Room, Hospital and Camp. We make no pretensions to being a poet, but have written merely for pastime and amusement, and to preserve in a crude manner, the remembrance of many little incidents of loyalty and affection upon the battle-field, on the part of our brave boys, who are now offering their lives in defence of their Flag and the Flag of their Fathers. If these poor effusions, hastily written, should serve to while away the occasional tediousness of camp life, and smooth the front of grim visaged war, with a smile and a cheer, the writer will be fully compensated for his trouble. With regard to the loyal public, he would of course wish to have their good opinion, but as he does not write for pecuniary benefit, or claim any merit as a poet, as already remarked, he hopes the pen of criticism will not be directed against him. "Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by." 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.