Poems Vol 1 Of 3 Classic Reprint

Author : Lemuel Hopkins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391677262
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book American Poems, Vol. 1 written by Lemuel Hopkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Poems, Vol. 1: Selected and Original Of American Poems; partly Selected, and partly Original. In undertaking this Work, they have been afiuated by 3 varietyof fnotives, and drawmonward by a number of oh jeé'ts.' When looking round them, they faw many Poems, written by the mofi eminent American Authors, from the Ipol'e manner of their pubhfhment, known only to a few of their particular acquaintance, and unheard of by the gene. Tality of their Countrymen. The value of the perform ances, and the regard which authors generally feel for their literary offspring, left them no room to doubt, but that, at fome future period, each perfon would think it not un worth the while to 'colleét what he had fcattered. But this period was uncertain and the publilhers tho't that it would not be rendering an unacceptable fervice to the Pub lic, ifthey undertook the bufinefs of collecting, and arrann ging each Author's productions in a volume, which from its fize {hould claim a more univerfal attention. - Be{ide the fmaller Poems of Gentlemen, difiinguilh'd for their poet. Ical talents, many others, of very great merit; have ap peared in the different Periodical publications of the United States. Performances of this kind, falling from the pens of perrons not intent on literary fame or intent on reru tation different from poetical reputation or whofe names have not yet been dignified by national applaufe; efpecial. 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.