Webs From Fancy's Loom

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Excerpt from Webs From Fancy's Loom: Poems and Sketches Prefatory Lines. The world is full of books, then why should I Another add to its redundant store? And give, when it perchance doth want no more? All, well! I still must sing, I scarce know why. Unless, as sun lights up the midday sky, And silvery brooklets rim, and song birds sing, And flowers their glorious hues show forth, and fling Their perfumes on the air unasked, all ply Their parts and give their best without a sigh, Because they must. With me 'tis even so: The springs of song within me rise and flow, I may not let their waters stagnant lie, And woe betide me if I hoard in greed The streams which thirsty souls around me need. Not fame nor profit do I hope to gain, Though, rightly won, such things are not amiss, My dearest, inmost hope I feel is this: That some sad hearts may find herein a strain Or word of hope to ease their hidden pain, Some thought of God to cheer their upward way, Revive their flickering faith's expiring ray, And help them life's best victories to attain. Such ministry as this be mine, and then I have my heart's most dear desire fulfilled, All baser cravings in my soul are stilled, That I may better serve my fellow men. Lord, so let grace and love within me shine That life and song may both alike be Thine. 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.