Download or read book Poems and Prose (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph A. Gwyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poems and Prose Every hour 18 more than golden, Every moment is a gem Treasure up these hours and moments, There are princely pearls in them H bonar, D D. When a man reaches sixty years of age he has seen enough to estimate most of the things of earth at their real value. If he has any powers of observation at all he has found that much that seems solid is mere shadow, and much that is subdued and seemingly humble and in the background, is after all the true basis of all the solidity that may belong to human affairs. The frown that Would once have daunted him has lost its terror, for he has learned its impotence and the smile that once would have spurred him on to vanity has lost its power, for he has found its emptiness, nay, even perhaps its falsity. So in presenting this volume to our readers in the autumn of life we do so, not longing for the praise of men, or craving for the blame of others. But just expecting it to be received at its true value, whatever that may be. If but one soul is convinced, that even in this doubting end of the century the real things are the things of faith, hope, and love, and God, our object is attained and our labour is not in vain. A book may be a better one for a simple man to read because a simple man has written it, and it is possible that the records of a man mixing with all classes, doing business in many towns, and sowing beside all waters, in his own blundering untrained way, may wake more sympathy and fellow feeling than would the cold superiority of a giant intellect and a university training. 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.