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of necessity be cut down into an after-piece, such a change

was requisite — but what apology is there for the additions

not being in the style of the old play. The patch-work is

With a strained shame that made us cringe and wince:

Then, with a wordless clogged apology

That sounded half confused and half amazed,

We offer no apology for any defects that may be deteeted. Our

task has been an arduous one, and the means plaeed at our disposal

are detected, the extent of country to be explored, and the shortness

of the time hitherto allowed us, constitute a sufficient apology.

It may be doubted, whether the reverend father was highly pleased with

this sarcastic description, or whether he admitted readily the apology,

that the poet, speaking in the character of the heretical church, was

If any apology be thought necessary for the appearance of the unfinished

poem of HYPERION, the publishers beg to state that they alone are

[From Apology for Smectymnuus, 1642.]

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