La Bagatella, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from La Bagatella, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Delineations of Home Scenery, A Descriptive Poem, In Two Parts, With Notes, Critical and Historical It may, perhaps, amuse my readers to learn the history of the following Bagatelle, which is, briefly, this: It happened, that on a fine morning, in the early part of the last Spring, having just recovered from the languors of an indisposition, I strolled forth through the fields, that lie contiguous to my habitation, and, feeling greatly revived by the genial warmth of the air, and the fresh and blooming aspect of every object around me, I could not forbear, on returning from my walk, to express myself in terms, perhaps too enthusiastic, of the beauties of the country, and the pleasantness of the scenery, over which I had rambled. A lady, who was then visiting in my family, rallied me a great deal on the poetic fervour of my descriptions, but sarcastically lamented, that my labours should have been employed on scenes so entirely unworthy of the embellishment, which I had bestowed upon them, and concluded, by triumphantly asking, "What of Sylvan, or of rustic beauty, could be any where found at a distance of not more than three miles from the metropolis, within the din of its noises, and the very smoke of its chimnies?" 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.