Excerpt from The Children of the Great King: A Story of the Crimean War There is a family on earth Whose Father fills a throne; But, though a seed of heavenly birth, To men they're little known. But 'tis the King who reigns above That claims them for his own; The favored objects of his love, And destined to a throne. 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.