Excerpt from Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections From Chaucer to Herrick; With Introduction and Notes Then those holy paths we'll travel, Strewed with rubies thick as gravel Ceilings of diamonds, sapphire floors, High walls of coral, and pearly doors. 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.

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Excerpt from Five Centuries of English Poetry: From Chaucer to De Vere; Representative Selections With Notes and Remarks on the Art of Reading Verse Aloud The editor of a new volume of selections from English poetry can hardly shirk the necessity of writing a preface. "Many such books exist already; some of them are very good books; why then produce a new one? The genus is hardly one to be encouraged; it means scrappiness, snippets, and (for students) the evasion of serious and useful literary study." Objections such as these must be looked for. I trust then, I may occupy some space in explaining how the present work does not increase the number of books that are either noxious or superfluous. I will not dilate upon my primary aim, which was to make provision for the special wants of certain students in whom I am particularly interested. But that the work was intended for methodical study by students, not for the literary recreation of casual readers, this has to be noted, as it excludes the notion of attempted competition with a large class of works compiled without any scholastic intention and best represented by the Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics. In the next place, this volume is by no means a lyric anthology. 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.

Excerpt from Six Centuries of English Poetry; Tennyson to Chaucer: Typical Selections From the Great Poets The extracts given at the beginning of each Century will serve to keep in mind the leading peculiarities which distinguished the poetry of each period; and the lists of poets and their works will he found valuable for purposes of reference. Llefore beginning the study of the selections hoth teacher and pupils should read this Introduction carefully. 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.