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Excerpt from The Rhymers' Lexicon <p>The earlier history of English Versification is the histdry, not exactly of a struggle between native and foreign rhythm, but of the native material of language adapting itself to the pressure of the foreign moulds, and modifying these moulds themselves by the spring and of its natural qualities. We see the'process going on in the very earliest and. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.