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You will love this collection of poems written by this important 18th-century poet. Collins's lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and toward the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.
This book is a collection of William Collins' poems along with a memoir about his life. Collins was a well-known poet during the 18th century and his works have been praised for their lyricism and elegiac qualities. The collection includes some of his most famous poems such as 'Ode to Evening' and 'The Passions'. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of William Collins: Enriched With Elegant Engravings; To Which Is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by Dr. Johnson He first courted the notice of the public by some verses to a Lady weeping, published in the Gentleman's Magazine. 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.
Excerpt from The Poetical Works of William Collins: Edited, With Memoir All the remaining Odes in the edition of 1746, (dated are printed from that volume; and these and all the other poems (with one exception) have been carefully collated with the original autho rities. The exception referred to is the Epistle to Sir Thomas Hanmer, of which the editor has not been so fortunate as to find a copy of the author's edition, and has, therefore, trusted to the version in the careful and beautiful edition of Collins published by Mr. Dyce. The editor desires to express here his acknow ledgment of the kind assistance which he has re ceived, in collecting materials for his short Memoir, from the Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, from Dr. Bloxam of Magdalen College, from the \varden of Winchester College, and from the Head Master of the Prebendal School in Chichester: also to re cord his obligation to Mr. Charles Crocker of Chi chester for the trouble which he was good enough to take in searching the Parochial Registers, and the records in the Registry of Wills in that city, for notices of the poet 01' his family. 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.