Excerpt from Fifty Perfect Poems Poetry has manifold applications: the telling of a story, the picturing of a landscape, the analysis of a motive, the awakening of a national sentiment, the utterance of a pas sion, the suggestion of a dream; and, in the hands of a master, verse may lend its charm to almost any subject, however homely. The endeavor has been made to include in this group of poems a wide variety in kind, only demanding that each shall be perfect after its kind, and having a reasonable regard for the possibilities of illustration. It was believed that such a collection, enriched by the pencils of the best artists, would have a peculiar and permanent value for the lovers of poetry. 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.