Excerpt from Songs by the Way: The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, DD., LL. D My Father's poems were not the labour of his life. His own name for them, Songs by the Way, is the best and tru'est name. Poems are creations. And in the truest sense, the creations of his life are poems, permanent and beautiful, in all their usefulness and strength. His poems either bloomed, out of the deep valleys of suffering, which duty made in his life or were the graceful vine, that grew, unsolicited, over the rough rocks, of his steep pathway into glory. His heart was full Of them and when the rod smote the rock when he was touched by kindness, or by suffering, by a child's gift Of a violet, or some heroic deed of a man they just flowed out, in all the force and fervour of nature and necessity. And, like all his life, they were all tributary streams, of that great ocean of worship, that gathers round the Church's Altar, and dashes its eternal waves against the very Throne of God. The hard workman, beguiled the weariest task, setting its labour, to the music of his soul. Many of these verses were published, in A. D. 1824, in a volume now out of print bearing the title of this book. Many Others, from time to time, have appeared in news papers, and there are many, beside these, whose echoes linger round his beautiful home, and in our loving hearts that will not go beyond those sacred shrines. 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.