Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Comprising Several Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition; To Which Is Prefixed a Revised and Improved Biographical Sketch of the Author On returning to England he visited London, for the first time, where, though unprovided with a single letter of introduction, the celebrity of his writings procured him the immediate notice and attention of the best society. His recent visit to the continent, however, had increased rather than gratified his desire to travel. He now contempla ted another tour, for the purpose of improving himself in the knowledge of foreign languages and foreign manners, in the course of which he intend ed to visit Italy and pass some time at Rome. From this plan he was diverted, most probably by an attachment he formed to a Miss Sinclair, a distant relation, whom he married in i803. This change in his situation naturally put an end to all his wan dering propensities, and he removed to Sydenham in Kent, near London, where he has ever since; resided, devoting himself to literature, and the calm pleasures of domestic 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.