"Follow, O follow!—and we follow"

“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”

“This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original lyrical pieces and songs in our language, by writers not living, and none besides the best. The Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who love poetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued.”

“The lessons of Palgrave" by Adam Kirsch”

“Golden Treasury online”

“Our hope is less to last through Art than deeper searching of the heart, than broader range of uttered truth.”

“The monument outlasting bronze was promised well by bards of old.”