Excerpt from PoemsFully persuaded of all this, it seemed to the American Editor only meet and proper that Mr. Trench should be permitted to delight the lovers 'of poesy on this side of the Atlantic by his wooings of the muse, no less than by his noble contributions to theological and general literature. During past years he has pub lished several volumes of poems, *and it occurred to the Editor that a copious selection from these volumes might be made, which should bring the learned and estimable author. Before American readersiin a somewhat new but not less pleasing light. Accord ingly, in, the course of correspondence, he suggested the plan and its substance to 'mr. Trench, and received in reply, not only the author's consent, but his most hearty commendation of the plan and its execution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.