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The Sixth Work of Original Poems, and the Third Designated the Privilege of Man
The Sixth Work of Original Poems and the Third Designated the Privilege of Man Author:John Wright General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1860 Original Publisher: W. Charlton Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can sel... more »ect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: t - i TO HER GRACIOUS MAJESTY THIS WORK, (AS AN EVERLASTING MEMORIAL.) BY THE AUTHOR. f. I. ' PROEM. The Grand Sylvanie, Prophetic, and Poetic Car; is yet upon its wheels, with strong elastic springs of genius, in truth well set, and moves with more than telegraphic speed, to wend its way from Deity, to man, who has the privilege in time to speak, in audience with his'Maker ! A word of caution, in sublimity: with earnest true simplicity, decked in the garb of sweet humility; I freely give, to those alone, of whom it has been said, " a word is quite sufficient." Vast stretch of mind we have, in this our day, if rightly used, would far surpass anterior nobs of ancient date, tho', thanks is due to them, from us, who reap the benefit of light, which shone, in darker ages of the world, nor yet can be removed ; the spark then kindled, now hath brighten'd into flame, and may through vigilance, illustrious shine ! not as stars in dimness ; but as suns immortal! in the blaze of Gospel day ! While in the garden we are sat; can view the bud, the blossom, and the rose, with lovely odoriferous fume, expand, and well diffuse its sweet, delicious, and life giving breath ! then look upon the fruitful trees, by proper culture brought to yield the best of fruit, for man to cull, and thus regale himself amid the chequer'd, changing scenes of human life, as vast mutations here, (in time,) have good effect, when rightly used, " The Privilege of Man." In time, and while eternal ages roll, may yet progress ; while soaring, thus may reach the highest pinnacle of fame, on earth, embod...« less