Excerpt from Poems From the Inner Life IN presenting this volume to the public, I trust that I may be allowed, without incurring the charge of egotism, to say somewhat con cerning my spiritual experience, and the man ner in which these poems were originated. I am, in a measure, under the necessity of do ing this, lest some over-anxious friend, or would-be critic, should undertake the work for me, and thereby place me, either unconscious ly or intentionally, in a false position before the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

Excerpt from Poems of the Inner Life Nothing has been chosen which has not seemed to have the mark of sincerity, and to show a real power of spiritual insight or feeling; and the selection has been tried by as high a standard of literary excellence as was practicable. The difficulty, as may be supposed, has been, not to find materials for such a work, but to know how to select from the rich stores that were open to choose from. Those poems have, for the most part, been omitted which are contained in the numerous hymn-books and other familiar collections of sacred verse; while a special pleasure has been taken in calling the reader's attention to many less-known poems, which are not unworthy to have a place side by side with those which every lover of high and noble poetry has long known and delighted in. In the plan and arrangement of the book nothing like an accurate classification of subjects has been attempted; but a few general divisions have been adopted, which may serve so to group the poems as to avoid any manifest incongruity in the order in which they stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

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