Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry, From Caedmon and King Alfred´s Boethius to Browning and Tennyson
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Excerpt from Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry, From Caedmon and King Alfred´s Boethius to Browning and Tennyson: Containing Nearly Two Thousand of the Best Pieces in the English Language; With Sketches of the History of the Poetry of Our Country, and Biographical Notices of Five Hundred of the Poets The intention of the Projector of the present Book of Poetry was to collect and publish as many poems, or parts of poems, as could be comprised within one large and handsome, but not unwieldy Volume. Beginning with the earliest known efforts in verse of English writers, the line of our Poets was to be traced from the very Fathers of English Poetry, through all the Periods of its greatness or decadence, to the Modern Masters of the Divine Art. To compile a work of the scope and magnitude of this collection has not been an easy task. More than thrice the number of years have been spent in completing the volume than was reckoned would be necessary in the original calculation of time. One of the chief assistants in the work, who looked upon his labours for this compilation as a delight and joy, has passed away from this world within the past twelve months, without seeing the consummation of an undertaking which he ably helped and longed to see brought to a conclusion. In the selection and rejection of poems, difficulties have occurred inseparable from the presence of a multitude of candidates. It was impossible to pass all as being able to obtain a place, although it was felt that many were omitted which were worthy of admittance, although not destined to the better fortune of those ultimately selected. The Earlier Poems have been carefully compared with the best originals to which access was possible; the reading of various versions has been collated, and, where differences arose, the criticisms of our first literary guides have been searched, and their judgments consulted before a decision was taken. Since the first portion of the volume was printed, certain discoveries have been announced concerning English Poetry of the Fourteenth Century, which we have, unfortunately, been unable to take advantage of. If it was difficult to deal with the enormous amount of English verse written up to the end of the last century, the task became infinitely harder as our own times were approached. The rights of property in the works of the living and dead had to be respected, and the law of copyright considered. In all cases where we discovered the existence of these rights, application was made to the poet or his representatives for permission to print the desired quotations. In nearly every instance the permission was kindly granted; and we specially have to thank Mr. Strahan for his very generous reply to our requests; also Messrs. Macmillan and Messrs. Moxon, besides many other publishers, for their courtesy, as well as Messrs. Warne & Co. It is, nevertheless, necessary, in our view of the duty we owe to the interests of literature and to the sentiments of authors in connection with the laws of copyright, to refer to communications which passed between us and two firms of publishers. In the one instance, Messrs. Longman claimed to be in the possession of the copyright of the poem of Ivry, or the War of the League, written by Lord Macaulay, and first published in Charles Knight´s "Quarterly Magazine." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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