Excerpt from Euphrenia, or the Test of Love: A Poem The poem now offered to the Public was begun as long ago as 1850, and completed about 1856. It underwent various revisions during the next few years, and then remained unaltered. The author had not given up the intention of publication; but a variety of causes, especially his extreme modesty, induced him to put off that step from time to time until his death in 1883, and-it is now left to his son to usher the work into the world. It is presented exactly as it was left, as the editor feels that he has neither the capacity nor the right to make any alteration. It would be presumption for him to say more, and with these few words he commends the work to favour of the critics and the public. 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.