Download or read book Dreamland and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Mair and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dreamland and Other Poems IT is not Without much hesitation and many misgivings that the author of the following poems allows them to pass the press. Perhaps no poet, and certainly no young poet, can estimate With precision the Value of his work. F(tmtheuqt-y With his subjects, the reproduction ot sympathies and emotions pecuhm' to himself, the very (lehwht attending composition, all conspire to delude him, and to endear to him productions Which may find but little place in the esteem of readers competent to judge. Hence it is that the author submits this, his first venture, to the ordeal of English criticism. He feels convinced that at the hands of those accustomed to assess the value of literary productions he will receive that candid criticism which will either be a, guide to him in future 01 induce him te abandon the field of poetry altogether. 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.