Excerpt from Chords From Albireo It is a familiar truism that any educated man or woman who cares to make the effort can write verses that scan and rhyme correctly, for this is simply a matter Of rational intelligence applied to the operation of a set Of rules. In a day when this truism has been deplorably abused by so many persons, it is refreshing to turn to a writer whose natural poetic idiom can not possibly be mistaken for the machine-made product Of the mere intelligent will-to-versify. Not that Mr. Barney's every utterance is quintessential p'oesy, necessarily: but it is, for better or for worse, the utterance Of a poet, rather than that Of the ordinary educated citizen of the world. I, at any rate, in recording this as my Opinion, believe that it will be shared by most discerning readers, and now proceed to ask Of those who do not share it a fair consideration Of the following reasons for the faith that is in me. 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.