Excerpt from Poems and Plays, Vol. 3 of 6

Introduction - Design of the Poem to remove prejudices which obstruct the cultivation of Epic writing. - Origin of Poetry. - Honours paid to its infancy. - Homer the first Poet remaining. - Difficulty of the question why he had no Successor In Greece. - Remark of a celebrated Writer, that as Criticism flourishes Poetry declines. - Defence of Critics. - Danger of a bigoted acquiescence in critical Systems - and of a Poet's criticising his own works. - Advantages of Friendship and Study of the higher Poets.

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