Joshua Sylvester

ORIGINÁL PREFACE By F. T. PALGRAVE This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best originál Lvrical pieces and Songs in our language, by writers not living-and none beside the best. Many familiar verses will hence be met with; many...

ORIGINÁL PREFACE By F. T. PALGRAVE This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best originál Lvrical pieces and Songs in our language, by writers not living-and none beside the best. Many familiar verses will hence be met with; many...

INTRODUCTION 'Personally, 1 have a dread of the sonnet,' wrote Edward Thomas in a letter. 'It must contain fourteen lines, and a man must be a tremendous poet or a cold mathematician if he can accommodate his thoughts to such a condition.' 'Some Eyes Condemn', his sonnet on page 60, shows how...