Poems from the Inner Life

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P O E M S FROM T H E I N N E R L I F E.

BY L I Z Z I E D O T E N.

“And my soul from out that shadow Hath been lifted evermore.” Poe. “The kingdom of Heaven is within you.”

FOURTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: COLBY & RICH, PUBLISHERS, 9 Montgomery Place. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by E L I Z A B E T H D O T E N, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, 4 SPRING LANE.

CONTENTS.

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A WORD TO THE WORLD (Prefatory)v

PART I

THE PRAYER OF THE SORROWING3

THE SONG OF TRUTH6

THE EMBARKATION9

KEPLERS VISION14

LOVE AND LATIN18

THE SONG OF THE NORTH21

THE BURIAL OF WEBSTER26

THE PARTING OF SIGURD AND GERDA31

THE MEETING OF SIGURD AND GERDA35

THE SPIRIT-CHILD By “Jennie”41

RECONCILIATION48

HOPE FOR THE SORROWING54

COMPENSATION57

THE EAGLE OF FREEDOM63

MISTRESS GLENARE By “Marian”66

LITTLE JOHNNY70

“BIRDIE’S” SPIRIT-SONG73

PART II

MY SPIRIT-HOME [A W Sprague]76

I STILL LIVE [A W Sprague]80

LIFE86

LOVE92

FOR A’ THAT [Burns]97

WORDS O’ CHEER [Burns]99

RESURREXI104

THE PROPHECY OF VALA [Poe]109

THE KINGDOM [Poe]118

THE CRADLE OR COFFIN [Poe]124

THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE [Poe]128

THE MYSTERIES OF GODLINESS A Lecture134

FAREWELL TO EARTH [Poe]162