Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Vol. 1 of 2Impressive as were the ciréumstances which distinguished both these memorable sieges, it appeared to the author of the following pages that a deeper interest, as well as a stronger co lour of nationality, might be imparted to the scenes in which she has feebly attempted to describe high passions and high actions, by connecting a reliuious feeling with the patriot ism and high-minded loyalty which had thus.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.