{"product_id":"2940011894169","title":"The Treasury of Sacred Song","description":"To offer poetry for poetry's sake has been my first aim and leading principle in fulfilling the task with which the authorities of the Clarendon Press have honoured me. Hence it is probable that many poems which would be justly expected when the object of a selection is direct usefulness, spiritual aid and comfort, or (to put it in one word) edification, will here be found absent. And this deficiency, I fear, will be felt even by readers who are not satisfied with religious verse, however good its intention, unless it be clothed in the veil of beauty. For verse of this kind, hymns in particular, beyond any other modes of poetry, hold a special place in the hearts of men; so closely intertwined with the predilections of childhood, with the memories of the home or the church of our youth, with the voices no longer heard on this side the grave, that they have a charm for us beyond criticism,--a spell which is none the less irresistible because it is not cast over us by their own proper magic.","brand":"New Century Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181840908528,"sku":"2940011894169","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011894169_p0.jpg?v=1763551025","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011894169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}