Poems from the Inner Life. Doten Lizzie

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       A WORD TO THE WORLD.

       POEMS FROM THE INNER LIFE. PART I.

       THE PRAYER OF THE SORROWING. “And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him.”

       THE SONG OF TRUTH.

       THE EMBARKATION.

       KEPLER’S VISION.

       LOVE AND LATIN.

       THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

       THE BURIAL OF WEBSTER.

       THE PARTING OF SIGURD AND GERDA.

       THE MEETING OF SIGURD AND GERDA.

       POEMS FROM THE INNER LIFE. PART II.

       THE SPIRIT-CHILD. BY “JENNIE.”

       RECONCILIATION.

       HOPE FOR THE SORROWING.

       COMPENSATION.

       THE EAGLE OF FREEDOM.

       MISTRESS GLENARE. BY “MARIAN.”

       LITTLE JOHNNY.

       “BIRDIE’S” SPIRIT-SONG.

       MY SPIRIT-HOME.

       I STILL LIVE.

       LIFE.

       LOVE. [Shakspeare.]

       FOR A’ THAT. [The following poem was given under the inspiration of Robert Burns.]

       WORDS O’ CHEER. [Given under the inspiration of Robert Burns.]

       RESURREXI.

       THE PROPHECY OF VALA. [Given under the inspiration of Edgar A. Poe.]

       THE KINGDOM. [Given under the inspiration of Poe.]

       THE CRADLE OR COFFIN. [Given under the inspiration of Poe.]

       THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE.

       THE MYSTERIES OF GODLINESS.

       FAREWELL TO EARTH.

A WORD TO THE WORLD.

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      In presenting this volume to the public, I trust that I may be allowed, without incurring the charge of egotism, to say somewhat concerning my spiritual experience, and the manner in which these poems were originated. I am, in a measure, under the necessity of doing this, lest some over-anxious friend, or would-be critic, should undertake the work for me, and thereby place me, either unconsciously or intentionally, in a false position before the public.

      By the advice of those invisible intelligences, whose presence and power I freely acknowledge, seconded by my own judgment, I have given to this work the title of “Poems from the Inner Life;” for, aside from the external phenomena of Modern Spiritualism—which, compared to the great principles underlying them, are but mere froth and foam on the ocean of Truth—I have realized that in the mysterious depths of the Inner Life, all souls can hold communion with those invisible beings, who are our companions both in Time and Eternity. My vision has been dim and indistinct, my hearing confused by the jarring discords of earthly existence, and my utterances of a wisdom, higher than my own, impeded by my selfish conceits and vain imaginings. Yet, notwithstanding all this, the solemn convictions of my spiritual surroundings, and the mutual ties of interest still existing between souls, “whether in the body or out of the body,” have been indelibly impressed upon me. From such experiences I have learned—in a sense hitherto unknown—that “the kingdom of Heaven is within me.” I know that many sincere and earnest souls will decide at once, in the integrity of their well-trained intellects, that this claim to an intercourse with the invisible world is an extravagant assumption, and has no foundation in truth. To such I would say, I shall make no effort to persuade СКАЧАТЬ