Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads

Excerpt from Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads: Chiefly in the Dialects of Cumberland and the English and Scotch Borders The Author begs leave to apologize in venturing to introduce his rhymes again to the notice of his numerous patrons, some of which appeared when he was little more than fourteen years of age, and he is not unconscious of their many imperfections; but as they have been repeated and sung by the companions of his youth, like early affections, he would not like to make any alterations in them; therefore those juvenile effusions, in their original form, must be given to the public along with those of mature age. Clio's Life of the Author, as advertised with the History of his Wrongs, has extended to a larger form than was originally intended, and is considered by his advisers too voluminous for the present edition; and in its place a literary gentleman, whose name we are not at liberty to mention, has kindly supplied the following brief Memoir, Clio's Life of the Author is intended to be published at some future period, along with the Satirical Ballads, which will explain the several characters mentioned therein. 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.