POEMS

OF THE

LIFE BEYOND AND WITHIN.

VOICES FROM MANY LANDS AND CENTURIES, SAYING,
"MAN, THOU SHALT NEVER DIE."

EDITED AND COMPILED BY

GILES B STEBBINS,

DETROIT, MICH.

"The spiritual world
Lies all about us, and its avenues

Are open to the unseen feet of phantoms
That come and go; and we perceive them not,
Save by their influence, or when, at times,

A most mysterious Providence permits them
To manifest themselves to mortal eyes."

LONGFELLOW.

BOSTON:

COLBY AND RICH, PUBLISHERS,

9 MONTGOMERY Place.

1877.

Copyright, 1877,

By GILES B. STEBBINS.

Stereotyped and Printed by
Rand, Avery, and Company,
117 Franklin Street,

Boston.

BEYOND THE separation FROM OUR MORTAL FORMS, and whose
SOULS LEAN OUT AND LISTEN TO

VOICES FROM THE SPIRIT-LAND,

This Compilation,

FROM THE POETIC INSPIRATIONS OF MANY CENTURIES
AND OF DIFFERENT PEOPLES,

IS RESPECTFULLY Dedicated.