Excerpt from The Minstrel, Vol. 2 of 2: In Two Books, With Some Other Poems
Of my conduct in making this collec-s tion there is one circumstance which may seem to need an apology 3 and that is, my putting together in the same volume pieces so different in style and character. I might say, that many writers and editors have done the same thing without incur ring blame. But I have another, and per haps a better reason. I wished to give such proofs as could be had, and might be published, of the various talents of the.
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