California Visions and Realities

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Excerpt from California Visions and Realities: A Series of Poems, May, 1855 An Invocation. Thou Goddess, Muse! light in my brain thy lamp With a celestial flame, guide thou my thoughts In numbers smooth, and ev'ry line do thou Improve with some fresh image from thy spheres, From whence all Poesy appears to those Who court thy graceful charm, and do my soul From fears disarm of those who are so prone To sneer, when new-born Poets do appear To add a ray with their dim flame, to light The onward step of time. O, Thou! in whom I place my trust, knowing my motive to Be just, be with me in the silent hour, And aid me with Thy heavenly power to guide My purpose to that end, which may no eye Of man offend, but Thee! especially would I please, so, free me from that dread disease, Which constant preys upon my mind - the fear Of being folly-blind. I know my effort May be weak, though I shall ever try to Seek Thy grace, Thy power and holy sanction. 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.