Published by the Society for the Promotion of Learning-by-Heart of Noble and Inspiring Verse in the English Tongue and its declamation in Public Places or for Private Satisfaction. Including verses from Thomas Hood, Henry Longfellow, Walter Scott, Leigh Hunt, Felicia Hemans & others; this selection by JL Carr is chosen for enthusiastic recitation.
 
You are urged to impress hostile audiences that you are not alone by announcing boldly the author's name in full. And, to assume an aura of massive confidence; the opening lines should be enunciated unusually loudly with suitable striking gestures (see the back cover of the Pocket Book) and light-minded persons fixed with a basilisk glare.