Specimens Of The German Lyric Poets PDF Download

Excerpt from Specimens of the German Lyric Poets: Consisting of Translations in Verse The chief portion of the following Translations was published at Berlin, about twenty years ago, in a Musical Work, comprising some of the best German Melodies. The words to those Melodies were from the pen of an English gentleman of the name of Beresford, who was long resident in Germany: they met with so favourable a reception, that the same Publisher was afterwards induced to print them without the music, in two Vols. 12mo. accompanied by the original text in opposite columns. To that Edition, the Lines addressed to the Queen of Prussia on her Birthday, which are stated to be an original composition by the author of the Translations, were subjoined. The great popularity which these Translations obtained abroad, their scarcity, and the unquestionable merit they possess, are the motives which gave rise to the present reprint of them, without the German context, an unnecessary appendage to a Publication designed for English readers. A few more Poems, translated from the same language, by Mr. Mellish, late British Consul at Hamburg, have likewise been added. 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.