A life in song . One of the best systems of art criticism and interpretation in theEnglish tongue.—N Y. Mail and Express. A Life in Song BYGEORGE LANSING RAYMOND THIRD EDITION G. P. PUTNAMS SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON Ube ftnichccbocfier press 1908 «ARY 01 CONGSESa^I wo UoDies Ketciiveo JUN 24 190b OOtY T P^C S^ Copyright, i886 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND Third Edition, Copyright by GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND 1908 Ubc Rnlcftecboclier preas, Rcw ffiorfc CONTENTS Prelude ^^^ I First Note Dreaming .... Second Note Daring Third Note . Doubting . . , Fourth Note .... Seeking .... Fifth Note ....Loving .
A life in song . One of the best systems of art criticism and interpretation in theEnglish tongue.—N Y. Mail and Express. A Life in Song BYGEORGE LANSING RAYMOND THIRD EDITION G. P. PUTNAMS SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON Ube ftnichccbocfier press 1908 «ARY 01 CONGSESa^I wo UoDies Ketciiveo JUN 24 190b OOtY T P^C S^ Copyright, i886 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND Third Edition, Copyright by GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND 1908 Ubc Rnlcftecboclier preas, Rcw ffiorfc CONTENTS Prelude ^^^ I First Note Dreaming .... Second Note Daring Third Note . Doubting . . , Fourth Note .... Seeking .... Fifth Note ....Loving .... Sixth Note Serving Seventh Note Watching Finale iii 8 . lO 54. 5693• 95140. 142igr. 193244. 246284. 286319 The course of one born humble . •Who yet attained the end of highest aimsAs grand as any land or age eer his plans when struggling toward the lightEmerged where freemen leave to God and heavenThe right to rule the spirit though on earth. Finale : A Life in Song. A LIFE IN RELUDE. Seven notes make full the have saidSeven ages make our human lifecomplete ; And seven has my life known ; and now the duskFolds like a pall above my earthly would not hold too dear this day that goes ;Yet who, when he has passd through ways whereinHis feet have wanderd and been wellnigh lost,Would leave no words of guidance for his kind ?And who, when leaving th^se where heedless earsAre disenchanted oft of all distasteBy words men chant in verse whose music seemsTo pulse and pant like living blood and leave the nervy lines like breezes blownFrom silence into song-land, as they cross^olian chords :—who in a world like this 2 A LIFE LV SONG. Would not wish all the current of his thoughtTo flow to speech amid these waves of rhythm ?More swiftly and more surely thus, perchance,The truth that wells from him may clear the spaceBetween his own and other souls, and swellThe stream of truth which flows from each for all. So spake, with eyes tha
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