Excerpt from Waverley Poetry: Being the Poems Scattered Through the Waverley Novels
In the year 1822, Mess'rs. Constable of Edinburgh published a small volume, entitled "The Poetry contained in the Novels, Tales and Romances of the Author of Waverley," embracing the series only from Waverley to the Pirate. After that time fourteen additional Tales were published, and the whole work revised by the author. The publishers of the present volume have completed the project of the Edinburgh editors, and it now comprehends all the Poetry contained in the Waverley Novels supposed to be original, or translated by Sir Walter Scott. It is possible a few passages have been included, which were quoted from other authors, although it is probable Sir Walter has not hesitated to alter these quotations, either to supply defects of his own memory, or to adapt them more perfectly to the matter in hand; with these additions it will be found that this volume contains gems of rare beauty, many sparkles of wit, and many aphorisms of wisdom, which will serve for texts to innumerable lessons of morality, already or hereafter to be written.
The present publishers have ventured to prefix a title to each of the pieces, and added to the volume a complete Index.
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