Erothanatos and Sonnets (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Erothanatos and Sonnets<br><br>The poem, Erothanatos, is to be understood as illustrating an interesting epoch in the life of an imaginary youth, one of natural piety, and devoted to the worship of the beautiful. He is a youth of solemn and thoughtful moods, of serious poetic aspirations, and keenly sensitive alike to the raptures of joy or woe. He yearns for the divine companionship of human wisdom, honor and truth; but he meets no such spirits, and, believing virtue to be banished from the hearts of men, he moodily shuns their haunts. He walks the solitary twilight paths of the melancholy student, imbibing dangerously of the ancient vitiated wells of sophistry.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.