Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Bentley Ballads, Comprising the Tipperary Hall Ballads, Now First Republished
The english ballad, which in old times was a tale or story in verse of love, chivalry, or marvel, or even of mirth and humour, has gradually assumed a less exclusive application, until within about a century back it at length attained a generic character, and was understood to com prise several species of lyrical composition. The title of the bentley ballads consequently has been adopted as the most suitable to the collection of poems, the choicest of their respective kinds, which appeared in Bentley's Mis cellany' over a space of about fifteen years during which it was under the auspices of the New Burlington House.
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