The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, S. J

Excerpt from The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, S. J: For the First Time Fully Collected and Collated With the Original and Early Editions and Mss; And Enlarged With Hitherto Unprinted and Inedited Poems From Mss; At Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and Original Illustrations and Facsimiles in the Quarto Form Vexed by the travesties on editing and mere carelessness of Walter earlier(1817) and Turnbull later (1856) in their so-called editions of the Poems of Father Southwell - of both of which more, with specific proofs, in the sequel - I had long wished worthily to reproduce this 'sweet Singer;' and having fortunately come into possession of the original and early editions each - rarer and costlier than another - and a still more fortunate 'find' of his own MSS. in Stonyhurst College - all of which were cordially and unreservedly placed at my service by the Rector, the very Reverend Father Purbrick, S.J., - I am at last enabled to do so, not without a 'good hope' of grateful acceptance by competent students and lovers of our poetic Literature. I would now give account of previous editions, and thereafter show what we have tried to accomplish in advance of them. 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.