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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1881Original Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sonsSubjects: English poetryAmerican poetryJuvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / GeneralLiterary Criticism / PoetryPoetry / GeneralPoetry / AnthologiesPoetry / American / GeneralPoetry / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: PREFACE.THE apology which is in some measure due to the public for presenting herewith another compilation of poems, consists in the fact that among the many now in existence, there did not seem to be one which answered the demands of our daily professional work.We have been desirous of impressing the children, from their earliest school-days, with the exceptional beauty and richness of their own language, and the ease with which it lends itself in sound and rhythm to the expression of the most varied emotions, and the loftiest aspirations.Starting with the principle that no poems should be admitted except those which had borne the test of time, and whose right to a place in the domain of true art had been conceded, we have only in a few cases departed from it.These exceptions will be found principally, however, in the first part, which comprises the poems designed to be learned by children from six tc ten years of age. In this department, the range from which to select is very limited.With regard to the whole, it may be remarked that to compile from a mass of poetical literature which extends in an unbroken line for more than four hundred years, is no easy task, nor do we suppose that any critic will be entirely satisfied. We hope, however, that the members of our own profession may find the volume to supply a want which has been for ... ... Read more

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