Excerpt from Seven Voices of Sympathy That a collection should be made from Mr. Longfellow's Poems, for the solace Of those in bereavement, was suggested to the publishers of this work by Mr. James T. Fields, now withdrawn beyond the want Of that consolation he so wished for others, and Of which his own death left so many in need. The editor has, however, changed the original aim and extent of the work, by selecting not only from the poetry, but also from the prose of Mr. Longfellow not solely for those afflicted by death, but as well for the depressed, the neglected, the toiling, the erring, the struggling, the aged, since life has so much well-nigh as hard to be borne as death itself. The plan of the work being thus altered and enlarged, a change in the proposed title was necessitated, so that Poems of Consola tion became Seven Voices of Sympathy. 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.