The Golden Lute: And Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Golden Lute: And Other Poems

Is it imperatively necessary that a Poem whose scenes are laid in the Homeric period should be written after the manner of Homer? The critics of our day appear to decide in the affirmative but surely one is not bound to interpret life and character through the medium of another mind. Homer's survey was not necessarily exhaustive, and the fact that his poems shew no sign of cynicism is no proof that cynicism did not exist in his day.

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.