Excerpt from Poems The purpose in presenting this little volume is to lead our students to an intimate acquaintance with two poems that for more than a century and a quarter have stood With the purest, most graceful, and most pleasing productions of English literature. There must be a training of the heart as well as of the intellect; and few writings are so fitted to accomplish this as are these masterpieces, beautiful alike in thought and expression. No true grasp of literature can be gained without a knowledge of its human side, or the author as a man. The Traveller and The Deserted Village especially demand this, as they continually reflect the feelings and experience of the poet. Goldsmith also represents a remarkable circle of men, and has an un usually pleasing and interesting personality. For these reasons an attempt has been made to provide for a care ful study of his life. 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.