Excerpt from Orient Harping: A Desultory Poem, in Two PartsThe Second part assumes a more serious tone. As the First set forth some prominent things in the practice, faith, and prospects of the Hindoos, it seem cd desirable to form a contrast by introducing a brief view of the nature and effects of the Christian Religion; and the doctrine of the resurrection from the dead according to revealed truth, presenting such a delicate picture to the romantic mind, and such a force of evidence to the understanding in opposition to the whimsical fables of the Eastern mythology, it was at once selected as a theme well calculated to relieve the attention so long detained amongst the prodigies of the shasters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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