Excerpt from Spirit Echoes The poems contained in this volume, have, with few exceptions, been written within two years. The extempore lines have found a place herein, by the request of those who gave subjects on which the lines were given. The chief merit of the poem called christmas-tide, is in the fact that it was a test poem to the one who gave the subject. The circumstances under which it was given, and the incidents connected with the person who gave the subject are presented in an explanatory note at the heading of the poem. 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.