Excerpt from Poems, Vol. 2 of 4 I entertain very little fear in offering a second 001 lection of Poems to those who have received my first with such flattering welcome. I come to the bar with the greatest respect for my judges' opinion, but with very little dread of their condemnation. This may breathe of vanity; but, like an audacious spoiled child, I do not scruple to impute my faults to the indulgence of those who have spoiled 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.