Excerpt from Terrible Tractoration: And Other Poems The miscellaneous poems, which, in this little volume succeed Tractoration, are, in part, selected from a vol ume first published in London, and partly from poems written in this country since the author's return from Europe. He hopes not to be condemned for unpardon able egotism, if he quotes a passage or two from English and American reviews relative to his poetical produc tions. If a traveller produces passports, or a candidate for office exhibits recommendations, we do not condemn him for pride, nor chastise him for presumption. 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.