Excerpt from Lyrics and Dramas Of the flight of a bird thro' evening over the marsh-land, Lingering in heaven alone; Of the vessel disappearing over the sea-marge, With him or with her that we love; Of the sudden touch in the hand of a friend or a maiden, Thrilling up to the stars. The appealing death of a soldier, the moon just rising, Kindling the battlefield; Of the cup of water, refused by the thirsting Sidney, Parched with the final pang Of the crucified Christ, yet 10, those arms ex tended, Wide, as a world to embrace; And last, and grandest, the lure, the invitation, And sacred wooing of Death; Unto What regions, or heavens, or solemn spaces, Who, but by dying, can tell? 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.