Synopses & Reviews
PREFACE. THESE poems have been written urldcr vnrious, nnd, in some cases, cli fi cnlt, conditions in tbe opc i nir, with ienni nficld, in the students den. with the ghosts or unfiizishcd lcssoris hovering gloomily about amid the rush and roar of rniIrond tmvel, - rvhich trains of thongl t arc not prone to fi llow nud in the erlitors snnctnm, whcrc the ti iittty feet of the JTuscs do not often Je gn to trend. Crude nrld u lfinishecl n s thcy MC, t l c uthor h as j e t hat1 tlie assurance to publish them, from tirne to tirnc, in diil rent periodicnl, i n rnilich, it is but just to adr itt, h cy have been met by thc peopIe with nllespected fnvor. IVIlile his judgment 113s often C tiI d to endorse t b k i ll j701 15 .. polien for them, he has naturally not felt it in his heart to file ally rclnoustr l lccs. TIe has been nslrcd, by frientls in a11 pn. ts or the countr-, to put his poems into a more durxblc forrn than they have hitherto poseesscd and it is jn accordancc i t t h he se requests tl n h t e no presents Farm Dnllads to the pnl lic. Of course he does not expect t3 escape. what IIC IL ICCI s S o gre ttly, the discipline of severe criticisni for he is awxrc that lic i n s o ften wantlered out of the beaten tmcl, and has rnarlg times been too regardless of tuc es tltblishcci rulcs of rhythm, in his oftentimes v tin search for the flowers of poesy. 13ut he believes that Tho Peopie are, nftcr all, the true critics, 3 r d will soon ascertain whether there arc rnore good than poor things in . book and may be their verdict in this case, he has made up his minri to be happy. 71. c. JT has beon deemed best to revise and enlaige this book, bringing it up in size to other mclubcrs of the FARMSE RIES. 311 the old poems, with their illustrations, have lleen retained, and several additions These are of two classes poerns written somc tcn years ago, and omitted in fornler editions, mid some written dnring the past year. Tlle author lias not talcen pains to disting istlhl ese from each other by inserting dates he prefers to let each one stand upon its own merits, or . stutnble against its owl1 demerits. i t h t o h u e t a dvantage or disadvantage of a publislled birth-ycar. He is sorry the 1v11olc worlr is not bcttcr, and still rejoices that T11c People, to whom he appealed in his first prcfaee, 11ine ycars ago, hxvs sllown a co tinnoaip pse tite for the book. He thanks thern, and takes courage for future work.
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