Excerpt from Ode to the Duke of Wellington: And Other Poems Tms Ode to the Duke of Wellington, and the little Poems which follow it, are the genuine compositions of my youngest Son, and have been selected from a large collection of his Poetry in my possession, some of it written at the early age of eight years, and thence pro gressively up to fourteen, the age which he has at present reached. They are presented tagtlio public; with a'dne' sense of that respect which should. Prevent any man, from intruding impertinent ...
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Excerpt from Ode to the Duke of Wellington: And Other Poems Tms Ode to the Duke of Wellington, and the little Poems which follow it, are the genuine compositions of my youngest Son, and have been selected from a large collection of his Poetry in my possession, some of it written at the early age of eight years, and thence pro gressively up to fourteen, the age which he has at present reached. They are presented tagtlio public; with a'dne' sense of that respect which should. Prevent any man, from intruding impertinent pretenmns' upon it; but at the same time tindeig' the niflu: ence of an opinion, that many will be pleased with these natural specimens of poetical genius in a child; and not without confidence in their candid appreciation of a talent, which, though yet imperfectly developed, has very rarely beenohservableinanequal degree at soearly an age and perhapsnever withsomarhhknndso constant an evidenceofthepossession ofthe technical language of Poetry, or greater instino tive discretion in the application of it. 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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