Orpheus and Eurydice

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Strict rules in composition are pedantic; better with some errors than hypercritically perfect. An epic poem should move the passions and affections with elegant and appropriate thoughts and incidents. The author takes the liberty of inserting his own comments and probabilities as to the real and fabu lous parts therein. The hypercritic muse may insist the measure be exact vet knows repeated couplets tire the ear and detract from nature's common sense.