Flowers Of Love And Memory

Author : Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333316884
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Flowers of Love and Memory (Classic Reprint) written by Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Flowers of Love and Memory A few months ago, it was suggested to us, to collect our simple scraps of poetry together, and publish them in a volume. Many of them have appeared at. Intervals in the Catholic monthlies, and weeklies of the country - some few werewritten at an early age, ere we had found amidst a weary land, the True, and safe Foldgand were published in certain literary periodicals, which gave them a place of honor, and almost attered us into believing, we had some poetic talent. It would be offering a gratuitous insult to the public, to affect to depreciate our unpretending melo dies, and try to shelter ourselves from criticism by pleading extreme youth, haste, or a too active imagination. In truth we can'do none of this, and will ordy say, that, as birds, in certain countries are by cruel artifices taught to sing, so, we, oftimes sighing, and weeping amidst this vale of woe, have poured forth in simple words, the yearn ings of our soul after Heaven, and soothed our pangs, when the billow, ' or the grave, closed over the loved or prized, by chaunting prayerful dirges. We' could, and sincerely do wish, we had the genius of Longfellow, or the highly attuned talent of a'hemans; or even, that the beau tiful, and holy harmonies, which sometimes stir our own soul, could sweetly escape in language adequate to their perfection; but these gifts are unattainable to our humble mind; and in 'obeying the suggestion of partial friends, we are in doubt, whether or not, we have acted Wisely, by bringing in our lone taper amongst brilliant constellations but we leave the result with our readers, and if we gain naught else, we shall learn but another, costly and good lesson, from experience. 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."