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Excerpt from The Life and Poems of William Dunbar Little by way of preface, and still less of apology, is necessary in presenting such a work as this to the public. It has long been a desideratum. Hardly, since the days of "The Evergreen," has any portion of the poems of Dunbar found their way through the press in a style which the public could appreciate. Throughout broad Scotland scarcely a vestige of his works is to be found, unless in the libraries of the wealthy who have a taste for antiquarian literature. Even the very "chap" press seems to have been afraid of grappling with the antiquated dress in which the beauties of the poet were hidden; and thus he has been shut out of those famous resting-places, the "boles" of the farmer's and peasant's ingles, where, in days gone by, selections from the writings of our best authors might often be consulted. 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.