Excerpt from The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Furness: With a Sketch of His Life The Editor has one grateful task to perform: to thank the subscribers for the support they have given to his nu dertaking. He entered upon it from a desire to do justice to the poet, and at the same time to benefit two surviving and unmarried daughters. Without this liberal support neither of these objects would in any degree have been attained. In the attempt to accomplish one of them, he is fully sensible of the inadequacy of his powers, and of the imperfections of his labours. For the latter he throws himself on the indulgent consideration of the reader. 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.