Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date in Three Volumes. (original 1765; edition 1966)

by Thomas; Percy (Editor), Henry B. Wheatley (Introduction)

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A very famous collection that contributed largely to the fashion for balads and ultimately t the Romantic movement. It is a mixed bag, some genuinely early, some not, but important for its influence. (

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