Excerpt from Home Ballads and Metrical Versions The following verses were composed at long intervals, and are of unequal merit. A few of them appeared sev eral years ago in The Independent, The Messenger and other periodicals; but the greater number were writ ten for The Guardian, a religious magazine which was for some time edited by the author. In composing the historical pieces the writer was conscious of a desire to honor the memory Of several Of our almost forgotten pioneers, and at the same time to indicate a way by ...
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Excerpt from Home Ballads and Metrical Versions The following verses were composed at long intervals, and are of unequal merit. A few of them appeared sev eral years ago in The Independent, The Messenger and other periodicals; but the greater number were writ ten for The Guardian, a religious magazine which was for some time edited by the author. In composing the historical pieces the writer was conscious of a desire to honor the memory Of several Of our almost forgotten pioneers, and at the same time to indicate a way by which Our rich stores Of legend and folk-lore might be employed for literary purposes. Though these ballads are chie y of local interest, there are friends who will be pleased to see them in this collected form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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