Specimens of Lyric Poetry, Composed in England in the Reign of Edward the First (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Specimens of Lyric Poetry, Composed in England in the Reign of Edward the FirstIn the present volume I have included all the lyric poetry in this manuscript, except' those which have been given in the Political Songs. They are curious as illustrating the language of the period, but some of them are obscure, onaccount of the difficult grammatical constructions and uncommon words with which they abound. I at first proposed to give a glossary, but other occupations have so far taken up my leisure, that I have preferred giving to the members of the Percy Society bare texts than nothing at all. I am also rather Opposed to the multiplication of small and imperfect separate glossaries, and I would suggest that, after the publication of a few more collections of poetry of the fourteenth cen tury, the Society should print a general glossary of the language for the use of its members.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.