Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry

"Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry: A Collection of Curious Poetical Compositions of the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries" by Edmund Goldsmid is a collection of poems that the author collected through his studies and travels. Manuscripts, public and private libraries; old books picked up on dusty bookstalls, or carried away as prizes from the battlefield of the auction-room; even pencillings on the inside of tattered bindings contributed to this collection. Each poem in this book, some of which remain authorless, has the musings of the author to help readers understand them.