Excerpt from Seen and Heard: Poems or the Like Mr. Morrison heady, the author Of these poems, was born in Spencer County, Kentucky, and is now nearly forty years Of age. When about sixteen years Old, he suffered an injury to one of his eyes which resulted in total loss Of sight in both, and this calam ity was soon aggravated by loss Of hearing; By the aid Of a trum pet he can yet distinguish some familiar voices; but even this slight communication with the external world is rapidly failing him.' Though prevented by this double deprivation from repairing by study the defects Of a very imperfect school education, he has been able to acquire large and varied information by intercourse with intelligent persons, while such intercourse was still possible, and by the exercise Of vigorous powers Of reflection. NO one know ing the facts, and reading the vivid and picturesque bits Of de scription in his writings, can fail to be struck with the keenness Of his perceptive faculties, before clouded by what he pathetically calls the double night Of darkness and silence. 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.