Reliques Of Ancient English Poetry Essay On The Ancient Metrical Romances C

Author : Thomas Percy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265466643
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Thomas Percy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Vol. 1 of 3: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets; Together With Some Few of Later Date The greater part of them are extracted from an ancient folio ms. In the Editor's possession, which contains near two hundred Poems, Songs, and Metrical Romances. This manuscript was written about the middle of the last century; but contains compositions Of all times and dates, from the ages prior to Chaucer, to the conclusion of the reign of Charles I.' 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.