THE POETICAL WORKS OF BARRY CORNWALL. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN AND CO. - MDCCCXXII. HARVARD COLLEGE JUN 10 1921 Taylor fened LONDON: PRINTED BY J. GREEN, LEICESTER STREET. 1576 43-193 22-3 ADVERTISEMENT. THE Outlines of the 'Sicilian Story' and of the 'Falcon' may be found in the Decameron. I have attempted two poems in the octave rhyme. It is, with all its apparent ease, (and indeed principally on that account,) a difficult style; and it is not without some hesitation that I lay these poems before the public. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION. I AM desirous of taking advantage of the opportunity which this edition affords me, to say a few words upon the two poems written in the octave rhyme. It has been objected to them, even by critics who were evidently kindly disposed towards the book, that the humour was not sufficiently obvious. I may be allowed to say in answer to this that the humour was purposely subdued; in conformity, as I believed, to the Italian models, where the writers of the octave rhyme appear to have insinuated rather than insisted upon their jests. |