Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 12 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a prefatory page (likely page iv of front matter) from what appears to be a posthumous poetry collection. The text explains that copies of a work called "Psyche" circulated widely during the author's lifetime and gained admiration. It then introduces smaller poems completing the volume, asking readers' indulgence since they are posthumous work lacking the author's final corrections. These poems were selected from a larger body of occasional verses the author wrote for private reflection or leisure, rather than for publication. The page is entirely prose—no illustrations or advertisements.
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iv’ The copies of Psyche prinied for the aitthon: in her lifetime were borrowed weth avidity, and read with delight ; and the partiality of friends has been already outstripped by the applause of admirers. ; The smaller poems which complete this volume may perhaps stand in need of that indulgence which a posthu- mous work always demands when it did not receive the correction of the author. They have been selected from a larger number of poems, which were the occasional effusion of her thoughts, or productions of her leisure, but not originally intended or pointed owt by herself for pub- Comichooksscom