The Poetical Works Of John Scott Esq Classic Reprint

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334388071
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (Classic Reprint) written by Walter Scott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott The Poem, now ofi'ered to the Public, is intended to illustrate the customs and manners which anciently prevailed on the Borders of England and Scotland. The inhabitants living in a state partly pastoral and partly warlike, and combining habits of constant depredation with the in uence of a rude spirit of chivalry, were often engaged in scenes highly sus ceptible of poetical ornament. As the description of scenery and manners was more the object of the Author than a combined and regular narrative, the plan of the Ancient Metrical Romance was adopted, which allows greater latitude, in this respect, than would be consistent with the dignity of a regular Poem. The same model offered other facilities, as it permits an occasional alteration of measure, which, in some degree, authorises the change of rhythm in the text. The machinery, also, adopted from popular belief, ' would have seemed puerile in a Poem which did not partake of the rudeness of the Old Ballad, or Metrical Romance. 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."