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Excerpt from Musings Memories, Vol. 3: A Third Volume of Collected Verses Ere while the mist-wreaths floated by, And frowned above the sullen sky. The winds were out o'er dale and down, All sombre slept the forests brown, While angry brooklets sought the plains, Swollen and dark with winter-rains. 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.

""Well, here we are. I initially thought that I would have used a lot of my previously written song lyrics to fill the majority of the content of this book, but I found myself dissatisfied with nearly all of them, bar one, which did make it in, though I'm not saying which it is, but please feel free to guess. The title was the first thing I came up with, I felt it gave me free reign to go with and explore any idea that came to mind, which was a great psychological help, and the main idea was to put pen to paper about events and experiences that have stayed with me, that play on the mind, although I deviate from this every so often with the odd Zen poem or thematic piece, just for a change of pace. There's even a bit of a nonsense poem in there. I tried to space out the darker poems, and mix up the genres/rhyming schemes, sometimes even within the same poem, and as such, the whole book is all over the place, a bit of a patchwork, a bit chaotic, a bit like myself. So please, read on and enjoy one mans struggle with life, love and destiny, and thank you for your consideration and time.""

Excerpt from Musings and Memories Beauty's spirit lingers O'er the spot I love. Well I know that angel fingers Paint the blue above. There the Choirs listen To the vesper song, While the quiet planets glisten, Floating far along, Listen to these chiming Praises of the Lamb, Throbbing, joyous, from the rhyming Bells of Notre Dame. 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.

This is a collection of poems and other literary works by Joseph Henry Stephenson, reflecting on the author's personal life and experiences as well as broader themes of nature, mortality, and spirituality. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.