TENDER AND TRUE. Poems of Love SELECTED BY THE EDITOR OF "QUIET HOURS," "SUNSHINE BOSTON: GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET Preface. THIS little volume is intended to contain lovepoems of a pure and elevated character, and those alone. Poems of jealousy, remorse, and hopeless longing and regret are omitted, and this rule excludes a very large number of well-known and sometimes very fine poems. I have not left out such as treat of the sorrow of absence and similar trials; but I have wished to make the book, as a whole, inspire cheerfulness and hope, and not sadness. It contains sonnets of Shakespeare and Mrs. Browning, songs of Lovelace and Burns, and poetry by Tennyson, Coventry Patmore, and many other less-known singers. Some specimens are given of the ingenious and melodious versification of the younger English poets, such as Payne and Munby. It gives me pleasure to express my thanks to the authors who have kindly permitted me to make use of their poems for this purpose. I would especially mention the Rev. James Freeman Clarke, for the liberal selections he has allowed me to make from 66 Exotics," a volume of translations from the French and German; and Mr. Richard Watson Gilder, to whom I am indebted for several sonnets, etc., from "The New Day." I have also to thank Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Messrs. Roberts Brothers, and Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons, for giving me leave to take copyrighted poems. November, 1881. M. W. T. Inder of Authors. Yes! hope may with my strong desire keep pace If it be true that any beauteous thing The might of one fair face sublimes my love |