Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed Lillian, with the exception of Drake's Culprit Fay, is the most purely imaginative poem with which we are acquainted. Praed delighted in themes of this sort, and The Red Fisher man, the Bridal of Belmont, and some of his other pieces, show the exceeding cleverness with which he reared upon them his fanciful and beautiful creations. The Belle of the Ball, The Vicar, Palinodia, and a few more of the lively and graceful compositions in this volume have been widely known in this country through our periodicals, and we hope they will be no less welcome new that they are sent out in a body, with their fellows, to enliven all who may greet them, with their gaiety and quiet humour. 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.