Author: Susannah Dawson DobsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330142462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Excerpt from Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry: Tending to Shew the Origin of Many English and Foreign Coats of Arms, Circumstances and Customs "The sacred Muses have made always claime "To be the nourses of nobility, "And registers of everlasting fame "To all that armes prosesse and Chivalry." Spencer. "The fond desire to pass the nameless crowd, "Swept from the earth in dark Oblivion's cloud; "Of transient life to leave some little trace, "And win remembrance from the rising race, "Led every chief to make his prowess known, "By the rude symbol on the artless stone: "And long e'er man the wondrous secret sound, "To paint the voice, and fix the fleeting sound, "The infant Muse, ambitious at her birth, "Rose the young Herald of heroic worth; "The tuneful record of her oral praise, "The fire's atchievement to the son conveys - "Keen Emulation, wrapt in trance sublime, "Drinks with retentive ear the potent rhyme, "And faithful Mem'ry, from affection strong, "Spreads the rich torrent of her martial song." Hayley. 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.