Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Anna Seward, Vol. 1 of 3: With Extracts From Her Literary Correspondence The name of anna seward has for many years held a high rank in the annals of British literature; and the public has a right to claim, upon the present occasion, some brief memo rials of her by Whom it was distinguished. As the tenor of her life was retired, though not se cluded, and uniform, though not idle, the task of detailing its events can neither be tedious nor uninstructive. 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.