Thomas Percy The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry 6《英语古诗辑录》，1765 sa collection of 176 English and Scottish ballads. ~initiated a general interest in earlier literary forms <exercised a great influence on the romantic poets in Germany as well as England ❖ The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry 《英语古诗辑录》, 1765 a collection of 176 English and Scottish ballads. initiated a general interest in earlier literary forms exercised a great influence on the romantic poets in Germany as well as England Thomas Percy