The book of British ballads . th and nature canbe expressed has any sway over mens hearts. The song is not included in the col-lected edition of Mickles Poems, and his countryman, Dr. Anderson, who appears tohave taken some pains to procure information concerning the poets life, makes noreference to his claim to the authorship of one of the most exquisite compositions inthe language, * The collection of ballads published in four yolumes contains, mingled with a few of a goodclass, a singular mass of mediocre performances. The collector — who was an old bookseller,—did, indeed, little more than
The book of British ballads . th and nature canbe expressed has any sway over mens hearts. The song is not included in the col-lected edition of Mickles Poems, and his countryman, Dr. Anderson, who appears tohave taken some pains to procure information concerning the poets life, makes noreference to his claim to the authorship of one of the most exquisite compositions inthe language, * The collection of ballads published in four yolumes contains, mingled with a few of a goodclass, a singular mass of mediocre performances. The collector — who was an old bookseller,—did, indeed, little more than heap together all things of the kind he could procure, and transmitthem to a printer. Scarcely any of them contain explanatory notes of any sort; yet it is knownthat several were here printed for the first time : and though of no great value, it is to be regrettedthat in many instances the names of their authors are lost. Into this volume ofBritish Ballads we have not been enabled to introduce any from Evanss
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