Excerpt from The Passing Bell: And Other Poems This is surely not too ambitious an expectation to be entertained by one who has been already kindly received in his efforts to do both. And who, though conscious that his verse falls far short of that high order of Divine Poesy after which his heart aspires, still must sing on to the end for the comfort of his own Spirit, and would lose half the enjoyment of his song, if he did not feel that it bore its part, though an inferior one, in the great chorus of joyful praise, which daily glad dens earth, and deepens even the happiness of Heaven. 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.