The Poetical Works of William Alexander Including His Christiad, Dramas, and Minor Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of William Alexander: Including His Christiad, Dramas, and Minor Poems The individual who presents the ensuing work to the world of men, is conscious of its imperfections. But as imperfection, in some measure, of necessity, must cha racterize all human compositions, it is hoped that the usual allowance will be made for any marks of fallibility which may happen to characterize this humble effort to advance the literary character of America. It is the heart-felt desire of the author, that as his country is ra pidly advancing in political glory, she may With equal rapidity advance in literary glory; and may her sun of prosperity never set. 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.