The Harp of Sylva (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Harp of Sylva

IN submitting to the public his unpretending volume, the author would beg their kind indulgence, as he states with brevity the aircumstances of its origin. It is the result of what are termed the leisure hours of academical and collegiate life. To a student, these moments of relaxation are welcome visiters, but are, alas! Too generally employed in poring over what are so congenial to the youthful bosom the pages of romance. Such seasons were occupied by the author in a far more pleasing, and to him more profitable task. He struck the harp of poesy with a trembling hand, and his immature effusions are before you. He may be wanting in strength of thought and propriety of expression. In the critic's eye he must plead defective; but if merit there exist.

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