Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Vol. 1 of 2 Impressive as were the ciréumstances which distinguished both these memorable sieges, it appeared to the author of the following pages that a deeper interest, as well as a stronger co lour of nationality, might be imparted to the scenes in which she has feebly attempted to describe high passions and high actions; by connecting a reliuious feeling with the patriot ism and high-minded loyalty which had thus. 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.