Excerpt from Poems: Narrative and Lyrical If any pleasant measure lead the line, And make faint echo of fair melody That sound and strain is dedicate to thee, And thine the measure; for that thou of all Unto my first and faltering minstrelsy Didst lend most gracious ear; if it befall, As well it may, that all too low and long The harp-string ringeth now, take thou no shame That so I link thy merit with my song, Thou courteous Lady for a noble name, Not the less sheweth beautiful and bright, Though pale the star that gives its letters light. 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.