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FROM AN ENGLISH FRIEND.

A friend whose sister was in great danger in
Finland and who was very sad and anxious, wrote—

" The sonnets helped her (for just one evening) to
forget all her troubles,—their beauty being related to
eternity and the time when all earthly sorrows would
be over and vanquished."

THE SOUTHPORT GUARDIAN.

" The pursuit of eternal beauty which is the theme
of the sonnet sequence, is presented with freshness of
fancy and fertility in thought. Considerable skill in
the sonnet is shown, and especially successful is the note
of ecstasy and rhapsody."

WILLIAM TURNER, PRINCIPAL, NIZAM COLLEGE.

" What I said and sincerely meant was that you
were the only poet who had developed and carried
further the possibilities of the sonnet form since Words-
worth.

" I see that advancing years have not affected either
your gift of feeling or expression."

ABDULLAH YUSUF ALL
" These sonnets are splendid ! and they also express
my mood 1 I have admired and enjoyed them, and also
showed them to all, who fully share my appreciation.
God bless you and your poetic gift and make us realise
the hope you dream of."