Across the Sea and Other Poems.

Project Gutenberg's Across the Sea and Other Poems., by Thomas S. ChardThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Across the Sea and Other Poems.Author: Thomas S. ChardRelease Date: June 13, 2006 [EBook #18574]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ACROSS THE SEA AND OTHER POEMS. ***Produced by The University of Michigan's Making of America online book collection (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa/).ACROSS THE SEAAnd Other Poems.ByThomas S. Chard.Now just as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold the City shone like the sun; thestreets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men, with crowns on their heads, palms in their hands, andgolden harps to sing praises withal. * * * And after that they shut up the gates; which, when I had seen, I wished myselfamong them.—Pilgrim's Progress.Chicago:Jansen, McClurg & Company.1875.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, byJANSEN, McCLURG & CO.,In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.PREFACE.The poem whose name gives title to this little volume, was published in outline in the winter of 1869, and now appears forthe first time as completed. The sea, as a picture of life, has been celebrated by the poetic ...