Excerpt from The Emerald Isle: A Poem A must outline of the following Poem was some time since presented to the Public under the title of The Consolations of Erin. The reception of my rude and unfinished Sketch so far surpassed my most sanguine expectations, that, were it only out of gratitude, I could do no less than endeavour to repay, as far as labour could repay, the loan with which I had been so prematurely honoured. Conscious, homever, ofinany errors, and naturally fearful of more, the only apo logy which I can ofier, is, the purity of my motive. 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.