Sonnets and Other Small Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sonnets and Other Small Poems TH a following mifcellaneous Poems have ban compofed as occafion gave them birth, without any higher motive than the indulgence of perfonal feeling, or the gratifica tion of fome particular friend. By the counfel of Mr. Cowman, they were firft encouraged to folicit public notice. By the comments of Mifs seward, they have been rendered lefs unworthy to do foz though neither the Telamonian Shield of the one, nor. The Palladian iegis of ihe other, can afford any confident defence againlt the Critics' arrowy fhower.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.