Excerpt from The Works of Solomon Gessner, Vol. 3 of 3: Translated From the German, With Some Account of His Life and Writings Is it possible that you can linger in the town, when every hedge-row is in bloom, and every meadow is decked with the charms of the unfolding year? Come down to us in the country, you will be welcomed by me, and by spring. If you do not arrive immediately I shall be seriously offended with you; I am half angry already. Madame N - tells me you have been writing a pastoral; and so, most mysterious Sir! this secret was not to be confided to me? have you forgotten how much your last simple song delighted me? I sing it so continually, that Madame B - compares me to the bull-finch that has learnt but one tune. 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.