Excerpt from Poems, Legendary and HistoricalBut we believe that the difference in this respect between the ballad and other styles of poetry is simply one of degree. Be it epic, or lyric, or any other kind, it is as possible to fall into imitation in one as in the rest,-the dis tinction perhaps between historical and other poetry being this, that in the latter the imitation.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.