# The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed. [selected]

Author: Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, 1802-1839; Cooper, Frederick [Editor]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71008

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+poems+of+Winthrop+Mackworth+Praed.+%5Bselected%5D+Praed&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Of all literary reputations, that of the Society Poet is probably enjoyed upon the most hazardous and uncertain of tenures. To be successful at all, he must win the instant recognition of his immediate contemporaries; he must be in touch with the thought of his own generation; he must reflect its sentiments, chime with its humour, and satirise its manners; and in proportion to the popularity of his productions with the public of his own day, will probably be the neglect with which they are treated by the public of a generation later. This neglect on the part of posterity is to some extent comprehensible, even reasonable, for the poem of manners is often nothing more than purely ephemeral...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poems-of-winthrop-mackworth-praed-selected-71008/chapters/16/index.md)