Excerpt from Psyche: An Unfinished Fragment IN the spring of 1916 I first conceived the idea of writing the legend of Cupid and Psyche in verse, and by the end of June in that year had accomplished Book I of the intended four books planned in the primary schedule. The autumn and winter witnessed the beginning of Book II and a couple of episodes from Book III, which was to have been employed in the description of Psyche's trials and tribulations whilst suffering under the jealous displeasure of Venus however, ill-health ...
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Excerpt from Psyche: An Unfinished Fragment IN the spring of 1916 I first conceived the idea of writing the legend of Cupid and Psyche in verse, and by the end of June in that year had accomplished Book I of the intended four books planned in the primary schedule. The autumn and winter witnessed the beginning of Book II and a couple of episodes from Book III, which was to have been employed in the description of Psyche's trials and tribulations whilst suffering under the jealous displeasure of Venus however, ill-health combined with duties military and political inter vened, and when at length a sufficient period of time was at my disposal for the further continuance of my poetic labours, namely during the summer of 1918, the first inspiration and incentive had forsaken me, and I felt that any additional work amended on its completion would, lacking the spirit which had inspired its proemial inception, ring false and merely degenerate into an obvious effort steadfastly to maintain the primal atmosphere of its initial impulse. I then sent the work to several friends in the world of letters, and submitted it to the readers of two prominent publishing houses, only to receive the same reply from each, which when put concisely but came to this Finish it, and send it to us again. 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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