Verdicts (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Verdicts Verdicts. Imagine yourself on Olympus at two, Zeus yawning from not having something to do, Tired out and quite sick for a pleasure that's new. The very thing strikes him, he has what he seeks, And, turning to Hermes, the Thunderer speaks. I'll look through his Verdicts, tell Minos to send 'em, I've doubts how he's sentenced these Poets - I'll end 'em His rough honest judgments, much some of 'em need 'em, Mnemosyne, dearest, I'll get you to read 'em. Their praises have so been buzzed into my ears! Why, I've heard nothing else for the past fifty years! And I'd know, now at last they're away from the Earth, And judged, what the landings of mortals are worth, There's many a fame that the wearer but owes To the personal likings of critics he knows, And many a name that is smothered through pique, Through not being quite of a sect or a clique, To instance the first, look to what a false height Consumption and Southey threw up a Kirke White, 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.