Excerpt from Purpose and Passion: Pygmalion and Other Poems This volume's sole claim is for the possession of a certain diversity. If joy be piped to children who cannot dance, they may at least turn aside, and to the dirges beat their breasts. If the sweetness of fable cloy, it is hoped historical husks may suit the practical teeth and when we wax weary of the thought and strain, or sick of the ugli ness and hopelessness Of much of modern life, let us revel and rest awhile with the fairy and the Greek: or if our pain be sorer, let us seek that veiled Pneuma whose gift is yet manna and peace. 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.