PUBLISHERS' NOTE.

necessary

to say

that

THE present edition of this book is a reissue of that published in 1866, which was enlarged from a previous edition. The compiler in his brief preface then stated: "It is the titles given to some of the pieces are not those of the authors, and that, having a practical object in view, I have often taken only so much of a poem as answered my purpose. But in no instance have the words of an author been altered, though there are phrases here and there which I do not approve."

PRAY for the health of all that are diseased,
Confession unto all that are convicted,
And patience unto all that are displeased,
And comfort unto all that are afflicted,
And mercy unto all that have offended,
And
grace to all, that all may be amended!

CONTENTS.

Asterisks signify that the Poems so marked are not given complete.

Enter not into Judgment, O Lord. Trench.

Donne.

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