Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Vol. 1 of 2

Download or read book Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Matthew Prior and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Life With the imprint of this curious personage, Prior published in 1709 an indifferent collection of poems, forfear of being thought the author of a worse. This edition contained the dedication to the Earl of Dorset and has often been reprinted. In 1716 another unauthorised edition was published, with the title, A Second Collection of Poems on Several Occasions, by Matthew Prior. This was disowned in the London Gazette, March 20-24, 1716. 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.