Excerpt from The "Rimas" Of Gustavo A. Becquer If ever a literary work was undertaken in a spirit of fondness for its subject, this translation certainly has been, and if the publication of this collection does not meet with the instantaneous recognition which the original demands, I shall have to admit that for me at least, it is an impossibility to repro duce the Spirit of the Spanish poet. The Rimas of Becquer, while never intended by the author as a perfect work on which his fame might rest, have been judged by posterity to be worthy of the highest recognition and have become a household word in both hemispheres wherever the Spanish language is spoken by cultivated people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.