Lanterna Rally

Author: John Henry Haaren

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-04

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781330656648

Excerpt from Ballads and Tales: Fourth Reader Grade The selections of this little volume are made from the more familiar and popular ballads and tales relating to historic or legendary incidents and personages that have been celebrated in literature. A ballad, originally sung by harpers and minstrels, is a simple, spirited narrative poem arranged in short stanzas. The early ballads of all nations are founded upon historical incident, but always highly colored by the singer according to his taste and imagination. The ballads that have come down to us are growths rather than direct creations. They are the work of several hands, and the result of many successive adaptations. The compiler has endeavored to select ballads that tell a plain story, and have at the same time some of the spirit and ring which we naturally look for in compositions of this kind. Where the harper was not at hand, or where the incidents were so many and complex as to unfit them for narration in the simple form of the ballad, the tale gratified the instinct for story-telling that is strong in the human mind. 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.