Excerpt from Laus Veneris: And Other Poems N a volume such as this, which, with the exception of the masterly Laus Veneris, consists mainly Of selec tions from Mr. Swinburne's lyrical verse, it is impossible to gather all the choice flowers from that author's large and multi-coloured bouquet of poetry; neither is it possible to do him full justice by including'between its covers speci mens of what in reality constitutes his most powerful work. The size of the book itself makes the former difficult of accomplishment; the omission of almost all matter other than lyrical restrains the sickle from that veritable harvest of masterpieces his tragedies. 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.