Author: James Thomson

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Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781331109204

Excerpt from The Castle of Indolence and Other Poems This volume is intended to be a companion one to The Seasons, published in the same series. The two volumes together form a complete collection of Thomson's poetical works. It has been compiled chiefly from the 1738 edition, the latest edition of the poems of Thomson published before his death, which occurred in 1748. In some cases, where any poems were printed for the first time after their author's death, the text of the first issue is the one followed. The miscellaneous poems have been grouped as much as possible, and there have been added Thomson's prologues and epilogues to various of his plays, as well as the songs occurring in Alfred. The glossary at the end of The Castle of Indolence is one which Thomson himself added, and has not been extended. With reference to the notes, the same plan has been followed as in the companion volume. They will be found together at the end of the book, those by Thomson himself being distinguished by the initial 'T'; the other notes are the work of the present editor. An index of first lines has been also added. A biographical note, and a critical dissertation on Thomson and his works, by Mr Edmund Gosse, will be found in the volume of the Seasons. 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.