Works of Edward Fitzgerald, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Works of Edward Fitzgerald, Vol. 1 of 2Dward fitzgerald, Whom the world has already learned, in spite of his own efforts to remain Within the shadow of anonymity, to look upon as one of the rarest poets of the century, was born at Bredfield in Suffolk, on the 31st March, 1809. He was the third son of J ohn Purcell, of Kilkenny in Ireland, Who, marryin g Miss Mary Frances Fitzgerald, daughter of J ohn Fitzgerald, of Williamstown, County Water ford, added that distinguished name to his own patro nymic; and the future Omar was thus doubly of Irish extraction. (both the families of Purcell and Fitz gerald claim descent from Norman warriors of the eleventh century.) This circumstance is thought toviii biographical preface.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.