Excerpt from A Paradise of English Poetry As the poetic production of the last half cen tury in England has been. Sonnets have been excluded because, in the Editor's judgment, they do not mix well with lyric and dramatic poetry. The selections from the drama are such as express general truths, and do not depend for their comprehension or force upon particular characters and circumstances. Great care has been bestowed to secure an accurate text but the Editor has not hesitated to omit lines and stanzas that for any reason seemed best omitted. In important cases such omis. 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.