Excerpt from A Book of Light Verse No one who reads through the following pages carefully can fail to be struck with the modern characteristics of much old poetry which age cannot wither. It is often impossible to realize, for instance, that Prior has been dead for nearly two centuries. Not only may the reader say I could have written that but also 'it might have been written yesterday Sir Arthur quiller-couch has noted how constantly and curiously J onson, especially in the Underwoods, seems to anticipate the best and something more than the best, manner of Browning especially mentioning The Triumph of Charis as a case in point. 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.