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Excerpt from The Lode Star Acclaimed by all the glories of the sky - those lovely tinted Greeting Cards, with their unforget able sentiments, issued by Dutton Co. Comes Mary C. Low with another and lovelier gift, in this Collee tion of poems gathered under the title of The Lode Star. In addition to the touch of the artist, Miss Low has woven into her poems the Optimism of her helpful, human philosophy, with all the delicacy and beauty of technique, which so distinguished her Cards; and, more, she has brought to them the vision of the mystic, while her poetic fancy has been given a wider ight. Her vision is that of one at the foot of the altar, who looks out upon the world with a divine desire. She has realized the truth of the saying of William T. Richards, the painter, that nothing great has been done in the world except from the attitude of the knees; and, perhaps because of this very realiza tion, her verse sounds the triumphant note of joy. Maeterlinck says, Mystic truths have strange privi leges; they can never age or die so these poems voice truths which are as deep as life. Sculpture and art express only the moments in life; poetry is life itself. And this is the feeling which is brought home to the heart upon reading Miss Low's verses. She has found the ineffable joy; but forgetting herself, she finds in her own eyes the tears of another. 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 preserv