Excerpt from Ancient Danish Ballads, Vol. 1 But injudicious as his alterations often were, we owe a deep obligation to the venerable pastor for having rescued from Oblivion these very characteristic ancient pieces, that have not only given his readers the innocent entertainment he intended them, but been a fountain of fine poetry to Danish writers of succeed ing generations. For what Percy's Reliques effected in this country, its ballad literature has done in at least an equal degree for Denmark. About the Publisher ...
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Excerpt from Ancient Danish Ballads, Vol. 1 But injudicious as his alterations often were, we owe a deep obligation to the venerable pastor for having rescued from Oblivion these very characteristic ancient pieces, that have not only given his readers the innocent entertainment he intended them, but been a fountain of fine poetry to Danish writers of succeed ing generations. For what Percy's Reliques effected in this country, its ballad literature has done in at least an equal degree for Denmark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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