Excerpt from Nature and Other Poems Look not herein any who would delight In tricks of fancy, and unnatural thought, Strained types and similes, rags and tatters, brought From distant nowhere to confound the sight, Those crooked shapes, descending from the height Of unsubstantial space, or deeply sought In caverns, with much fearful labour wrought; Not in such torments would I choose to write: But, were I master, I would pay good heed First, to be straight and simple, not too bold, Too over-florid, fond of tinsel-gold, But strong in substance, native to the deed, Where the most stubborn wit could plainly read, Like those clear-voiced immortal bards of old. 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.