Excerpt from A Working Man's View of Tennyson's "Enoch Arden" Poetry is the guest of the human bosom, and wherever man is, his heart being with him, Poetry should be wel come. But it is quite another thing, giving a welcome to the poetic guest, to allow it to absorb the attention to the disharmony of all secular duties. Many thousands dream too little, and become so much absorbed in practical things that their hearts get hard as icebergs, which the heat of Love alone can soften. People of this class grow up 'with soulless bodies. Look at them, fearing to praise even the sun, that beautiful natural Poet who sends down his rays of light to translate earth with its beauty and music into a Paradise, because their souls are prostrate at the feet of Mammon, and theyhave learned to love their idol with all their affections! What is the god of day to them! Time cannot be spared from their musty ledgers and golden schemes to shake off the dust of business for an hour or two's luxury with the bright Poet of the universe. 'alas! For the victims of matter-of-fact philosophies when the heart beats only in unison with the ringing changes of gold! It is impossible to separate Poetry from man without robbing him of half his existence, and making him an enemy to religion and humanity. Poetry is the natural nectar of the Spirit. It is the sweet elixir of Love; the herald of Peace, and the angel that strews Life's path ways with heavenly flowers. 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.