Excerpt from Songs and Poems Never was an age more prolific in Rhymers than the present, and never was there a greater outcry against the Public for her insensibility to Song: but it is so easy a matter to make two lines jingle, that every one blessed or tor mented with that unaccountable knack, must not expect to obtain the celebrity of a Rogers, a Coleridge, a Campbell, a Byron, or a Moore; the Public in the end is by far too good a judge of merit to bestow her approbation where it is not due, and those who cavil against ...
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Excerpt from Songs and Poems Never was an age more prolific in Rhymers than the present, and never was there a greater outcry against the Public for her insensibility to Song: but it is so easy a matter to make two lines jingle, that every one blessed or tor mented with that unaccountable knack, must not expect to obtain the celebrity of a Rogers, a Coleridge, a Campbell, a Byron, or a Moore; the Public in the end is by far too good a judge of merit to bestow her approbation where it is not due, and those who cavil against her so ve hemently for her indifference towards Poetic talent, may be convinced that they, at least, have not deserved her favours. 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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