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1、FromTheLyricalPoemsOfRobertHerrickFromTheLyricalPoemsOfRobertHerrickArrangedwithintroductionbyFrancisTurnerPalgrave1FromTheLyricalPoemsOfRobertHerrickPREFACEROBERTHERRICK-Born1591:Died1674ThosewhomostadmirethePoetfromwhosemanypiecesaselectiononlyishereoffered,will,itisprobable,feelmostst
2、rongly(withtheEditor)thatexcuseisneededforanattemptofanobviouslypresumptuousnature.Thechoicemadebyanyselectorinviteschallenge:theadmission,perhaps,ofsomepoems,theabsenceofmore,willbecensured:--Whilstothersmaywhollycondemntheprocess,invirtueofanargumentnotunfrequentlyadvancedoflate,thataw
3、riter'sjudgmentonhisownworkistobeconsideredfinal.Andhisbooktobetakenasheleftit,orleftaltogether;aliteralreproductionoftheoriginaltextbeingoccasionallyincludedinthisrequirement.Ifpoetrywerecomposedsolelyforherfaithfulbandoftrueloversandtruestudents,suchafacsimileasthatlastindicatedwouldha
4、veclaimsirresistible;butifthefirstandlastobjectofthis,asoftheotherFineArts,maybedefinedinlanguageborrowedfromadifferentrangeofthought,as'thegreatestpleasureofthegreatestnumber,'itiscertainthatlessstringentformsofreproductionarerequiredandjustified.Thegreatmajorityofreaderscannotbringeith
5、erleisureortaste,orinformationsufficienttotakethemthroughalargemass(atanyrate)ofancientverse,notevenifitbeSpenser'sorMilton's.Mannersandmodesofspeech,again,havechanged;andmuchthatwasadmissiblecenturiessince,oratleastsoughtadmission,hasnow,byalawagainstwhichprotestisidle,lapsedintotheinde
6、corous.Evenunaccustomedformsofspellingareanefforttotheeye;--akindoffriction,whichdiminishestheeaseandenjoymentofthereader.Thesehindrancesandclogs,ofverydiversenature,cannotbedisregardedbyPoetry.Incommonwitheverythingwhichaimsathumanbenefit,shemustworknotonlyforthe'faithful':shehasalsothe
7、dutyof'conversion.'Likeamessengerfromheaven,itisherstoinspire,toconsole,toelevate:toconverttheworld,inaword,toherself.Everyroughplacethatslackensherfootstepsmustbemadesmooth;nor,inthisArt,needtherebefearthatthewaywilleverbevulgarizedbytoomuch2FromTheLyricalPoemsOfRobertHe
