Excerpt from Sylvia, Or, the May Queen: A Lyrical Drama What is the Sylvia thus commended, and who its author, Darley? Miss Mitford, whilom the lead ing authority for all published about the poet, in her wonted good-natured, well-meaning repetition of unreliant gossip, condenses his story into these words - The author (of Sylvia') is the son of a rich alderman of Dublin, who disinherited him because he would write poetry; and now he supports himself by writing in the magazines. 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.