Poems (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from PoemsThe purpose in presenting this little volume is to lead our students to an intimate acquaintance with two poems that for more than a century and a quarter have stood With the purest, most graceful, and most pleasing productions of English literature. There must be a training of the heart as well as of the intellect, and few writings are so fitted to accomplish this as are these masterpieces, beautiful alike in thought and expression.No true grasp of literature can be gained without a knowledge of its human side, or the author as a man. The Traveller and The Deserted Village especially demand this, as they continually re¿ect the feelings and experience of the poet. Goldsmith also represents a remarkable circle of men, and has an un usually pleasing and interesting personality. For these reasons an attempt has been made to provide for a care ful study of his life.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.