Excerpt from Chapters on Poetry and Poets, Vol. 1: The Poets of Ancient Greece The greater part of the following Chapters have already appeared in Dearden's Miscellany. My design in writing them was this: that persons unacquainted with the originals, but lovers of poesy, might be put in possession of some of the principal beauties of these ancient poets of Greece. I have therefore endeavoured to avoid, as much as possible, ground on which none but scholars can tread, and have attempted to invest with general poetic interest those points of classical lore on which I have been compelled to touch. This series is not, nor was it intended to be, complete: a projected chapter on Pindar has been unavoidably delayed, and would willingly have taken in more of the perfect dramas of Sophocles, and the touching scenes of Euripides. But this may be done hereafter. Meanwhile the publication of the present series may serve as a feeler for the probable success of any future renewal of the plan. I have to offer my thanks to Mr. Lewis, the publisher of the print which forms my frontispiece, for his kind permission to copy the same. 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.