Excerpt from Anonymous Poems But though hasty publication is likely to lead to hasty judgment, I am afraid it does not follow, that impartial judgment as to one's own productions, will be secured by long delay. It is as with persons familiarity may breed contempt, but it may, on the other hand, grow into a certain sort of habitual liking, naturally mistaken for approbation. To publish a very small volume of verses, seems to require an apology; I suppose, because it seems to mean, that they are thought to be something better than usual. For, it is in vain to tell an author that he seems to be conceited enough to think his verses good; that is implied in every instance by the publication itself. If a man does not think his verses good, he is foolish towards himself, and impertinent towards the public, to publish them. But as to the smallness of the collection, I must say, that since first I heard of that epigram of Martial's. 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.