LYRICAL BALLADS.

LYRICAL BALLADS

REPRINTED FROM THE FIRST

EDITION OF 1798

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EDITED BY

EDWARD DOWDEN, LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN

LONDON

PUBLISHED BY DAVID NUTT IN THE STRAND

1890

CHISWICK PRESS :-C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO.,

TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

PREFACE.

This reprint of Lyrical Ballads follows
the first edition, 1798, page for page and
line for line. The volume has been printed
(except the first Title-page, Preface, and
Notes by the editor) in old-faced type closely
resembling that of the original. Much care
has been taken to ensure accuracy, yet per-
haps it would be rash to assert that abso-
lute freedom from error has been attained.
The errata at the end are those recorded in
the edition of 1798.

In some copies, instead of the words on
the title-page, "London: Printed for J. &
A. Arch, Gracechurch-Street," stand the