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Title: A Cluster of Grapes
A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry
Author: Various
Release Date: May 31, 2007 [EBook #21649]
Language: English
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A CLUSTER OF GRAPES
A BOOK OF TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY
By
GALLOWAY KYLE
_"Hee doth not onely shew the way, as will entice anie man to
enter into it: nay he doth as if your journey should lye through a
faire vineyard, at the verie first, give you a cluster of grapes,
that full of that taste, you may long to passe further."_
LONDON: ERSKINE MACDONALD
1914
_The contents of this volume are copyright and may not be reproduced
without the permission of the respective authors and publishers._
_PREFACE_
_If the existence and contents of this book require any explanation,
the compiler may adopt the words of a famous defender of poetry:_
_"Hee doth not onely shew the way but giveth so sweet a prospect
into the way as will entice anie man into it._
_"Nay, hee doth as if your journey should lye through a faire
Vineyard, at the verie first give you a cluster of Grapes that
full of that taste you may long to passe further. He beginneth
not with obscure definitions, which must blurre the margent with
interpretations and loade the memorie with doubtfulnesse, but hee
cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either
accompanied with or prepared for the well-enchanting skill of
musicke, and with a tale forsoothe he cometh unto you, with a
tale which holdeth children from play and olde men from the
chimney-corner, and pretending no more, doth intend the winning
of the minde from wickedness to vertue."_
_These excellent words of Sir Philip Sidney give the reason and scope of
this collection of examples of the poetry of the present century
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