“This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original lyrical pieces and songs in our language, by writers not living, and none besides...”

Francis Turner Palgrave

“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

“The monument outlasting bronze was promised well by bards of old.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

“Our hope is less to last through Art than deeper searching of the heart, than broader range of uttered truth.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

“Shakespeare's stage must hold the glass to every age.”

Francis Turner Palgrave