Excerpt from Delia But Avon, poor in fame and poor in waters, Shall have my song, where Delia hath her seat. The Wiltshire Avon is the proud brook that flows southward by Wilton, where Delia hath her seat. If it may seem in any degree unfitting that Daniel should address language so glowing as is found in the Delia sonnets to a lady who is. Established as the head of a household with hus band and sons about her, attention may be called to the fact that the sonnets, though they are characterised by warmth of feeling and extrava gance of expression, do not contain one tainted line. Posterity must justify what Daniel in proud humility said of himself never had my harmless pen at all Distained with any loose immodesty. 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.