The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns (Classic Reprint)FB&C Limited, 4 thg 7, 2015 - 726 trang Excerpt from The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns The descriptive improprieties are but the momentary ex cesses of a healthy and vigorous nature, which, though prone to err, was seldom designedly gross or wicked. Besides, the censorious critics have too often forgotten his services on the side of purity. It ought to be remembered that he found the Scottish Muse a dirty, ribald bawd, and that he made her presentable everywhere. But for him the ancient lyric poetry of our country Would at the present day have been all but dead and forgotten - he breathed through it the spirit of his own genius, and it is now as imperishable as the more immediate of his creations. 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. |
