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Excerpt from André: A Tragedy in Five ActsThe Author is aware that with many whose eyes fall upon the title of this book, the attempt and not the deed con founds him. But the consciousness that to whatever faculty for such an undertaking he may possess, he has brought a deep interest in the subject, dating back even to his boyhood, gives him confidence to hope that he may find readers, and amongst them, some who will be attracted rather than repelled by an attempt to contribute something to our legitimate American and National literature.The difficulty of poetic representation, in regard to the most moving and tragical event in our National history, lies mainly in adapting modern and natural language to the necessities of verse, and to preconceived notions of tragic style. It is believed, however, that there is no essential connection between obsolete forms or terminations of words, and impassioned sentiment, and even harmonious expression. Nor do either rhyme or reason forbid that dramatic verse should now approach as near to our spoken language, as it did in the age of Elizabeth to a now obso lete but then familiar diction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.