Author: Lucien V. Rule

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781331134060

Excerpt from The Shrine of Love, and Other Poems A Dedication O lonely lives in whose sad sky No star of hope now softly beams; Who sit in endless night, and sigh For love's glad dawn that never gleams, It is for you, for you, I seek! O lonely lives that never share The solace of a sweet caress; Who love and hunger to despair, But win no word of kindliness; In your behalf my soul would speak! O lonely lives that firmly kept Affection's faith through every fate; But saw at last your rapture swept By wildest storms that desolate; For you, for you, my breast doth bleed! O lonely hearts that nobly built In hopeful faith a holy shrine; But soon beheld the traitorous guilt Of the dear idol deemed divine; I fully know your awful need! O lonely souls that loved and longed, As only lofty souls can do; But stood at last betrayed and wronged By just the friend ye thought was true; Let these my lines your solace be! O lonely lives so sadly dazed, And blinded by dear hopes defeat; O weary ones whose eyes are raised To find a shelter from life's heat, Receive, receive these songs from me!. 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.