These poems are offered as the confession of a man who knows that there is only one character of true excellence in human life and that is the seal or character which expresses the sanction of eternity. They are, in most respects, a new experiment made upon the thought of a period, and as such they appear unassisted by any precedents in metrical literature. They are the work of a writer who, after trying many paths of experience, has become conscious in part of the mysteries which environ us, and it is obvious that, in the main, they can appeal only to those who have been similarly awakened.
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