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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone

Poems such as The Other World Mary at the Cross and The Secret are spread across the pages of this collection by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom s Cabin .

Religious and spiritual, the poems reflect on how to live a godly life, discuss the afterlife, and the consequences of loss and tragedy. In much of her poetry, Stowe considers the relationship between Protestantism and Catholicism, a relatively radical position for her day.