Excerpt from Reliques of Irish Poetry: Consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies, and Songs, Translated Into English Verse It is impossible for imagination to conceive too highly of the pitch of excellence to which a science must have soared, which was cherished with such enthusiastic regard and cultivation as that of poetry, in this country. It was absolutely, for ages, the vital soul of the nation;* and shall we then have no curiosity respecting the productions of genius once so celebrated, and so prized? 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.