WOMAN, LOST AND GAINED;
OR,
THE ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT.
A
POEM
BY PHILIP BEVAN,
AUTHOR OF "LAYS OF CAMBRIA," THE "SINLESS WORLD," "SONGS OF HOME AND COUNTRY," ETC.* * * * *
CINCINNATI: ROBERT CLARKE & CO., PRINTERS. 1875
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875,
By PHILIP BEVAN,
In the Office of the Librarian of
Congress at Washington.
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page: [][View Page []]PREFACE.
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The words "Island of the Innocent" are found in Job, chap. xxii 30; but they are considered a mistranslation. The writer does not know how far those workds may have assisted in giving rise to the following verses. There is nothing in the chapter which has any bearing upon the plan he has adopted. The poem is really a continuation of the "Sinless World," published some time ago. It is. nevertheless, a distinct narration, and may be read without the former. As to its moral, it is made to bear slightly upon the woman rights question, and may be read, if so chosen, as a discourse on the conjugal relation. It was chiefly written, together with other prose works, during a confinement from more active duties, in recovering from a severe hurt in the beginning of 1871.
P. BEVAN.
SPRING MOUNT, IND., December, 1874.
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