Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) POEMS FROM THE INNER LIFE. BY LIZZIE DOTEN. * * * * * “And my soul from out that shadow Hath been lifted evermore.” POE. “The kingdom of Heaven is within you.” * * * * * FOURTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: COLBY & RICH, PUBLISHERS, 9 Montgomery Place. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by ELIZABETH DOTEN, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, 4 SPRING LANE. CONTENTS. PAGE A WORD TO THE WORLD (PREFATORY). v PART I. THE PRAYER OF THE SORROWING, 3 THE SONG OF TRUTH, 6 THE EMBARKATION, 9 KEPLER’S VISION, 14 LOVE AND LATIN, 18 THE SONG OF THE NORTH, 21 THE BURIAL OF WEBSTER, 26 THE PARTING OF SIGURD AND GERDA, 31 THE MEETING OF SIGURD AND GERDA, 35 PART II. THE SPIRIT-CHILD. BY “JENNIE.” 41 RECONCILIATION, 48 HOPE FOR THE SORROWING, 54 COMPENSATION, 57 THE EAGLE OF FREEDOM, 63 MISTRESS GLENARE. BY “MARIAN,” 66 LITTLE JOHNNY, 70 “BIRDIE’S” SPIRIT-SONG, 73 MY SPIRIT-HOME. [A. W. SPRAGUE.] 76 I STILL LIVE. [A. W. SPRAGUE.] 80 LIFE. [SHAKSPEARE.] 86 LOVE. [SHAKSPEARE.] 92