Poetical Works Of Sydney Dobell

Author : John Nichol
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ISBN 13 : 9781331208792
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by John Nichol and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell, Vol. 1 The Poet whose work is for the first time, in a proximately complete form, brought before the public, has been removed from us under circumstances which devolve on those who were privileged with his Companionship the duty of endeavouring to supplement the somewhat fragmentary impressions of his career. Mr. Sydney Dobell died on August 22 in his fifty-first year; his literary fame was achieved before his thirtieth; his literary labours may be said to have well nigh closed with his thirty-fifth. Two longer poems and a volume of minor pieces, making the greater bulk of what he has left behind him, are the product of comparative youth, but bear the stamp of an original and singularly subtle mind, and exhibit sufficient power to continue to affect the thoughts and sympathies of his contemporaries. Passing in his prime, he has yet lived through fifteen years of enforced silence - his brilliant promise having been cruelly curtailed: by physical disaster - into a new atmosphere of the rapidly shifting cloud-strata of nineteenth century criticism. 'Preterit dies diem.' Every decade has its standards, idols, aversions and neglects. 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.