Author: Louis Dupont Syle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9781528372954

Excerpt from From Milton to Tennyson: Masterpieces of English Poetry Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy' Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven Sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In heaven yclept Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth. 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.