Reliques of Irish-Poetry
Author: Charlotte Brooke
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-01-08
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781334938573
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Reliques of Irish-Poetry: Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies, and Songs, Translated Into English Verse; With Notes Explanatory and Historical; And the Originals in the Irish Character; To Which Is Subjoined an Irish Tale True it is, indeed, and much to be lamented, that few of the compofitions of thofc ages that were famed, in Irifh annals, for the [lg/at offing, are now to be obtained by the molt dili gent refearch.' The greater number of the poetical remains of our Bards, yet extant, were written during the middle ages; periods when the genius of Ireland was in its wane. 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.