{"product_id":"2940015727395","title":"O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems","description":"George Eliot is widely recognized as one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century; yet her two volumes of poetry are often ignored in modern critical assessments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNonetheless, in all her poems there are passages of strength and beauty, characteristic of her teaching, which have become part of the living body of modern literature. But perhaps the most complete and satisfying expression, at once of her creed and her aspirations, is to be found in the oft-quoted fragment, of which the second and third lines are quoted on her tombstone in Highgate Cemetery:—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O may I join the choir invisible \u003cbr\u003e  Of those immortal dead who live again \u003cbr\u003e  In minds made better by their presence...reach \u003cbr\u003e  That purest heaven, be to other souls \u003cbr\u003e  The cup of strength in some great agony, \u003cbr\u003e  Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, \u003cbr\u003e  Beget the smiles that have no cruelty. \u003cbr\u003e  So shall I join the choir invisible \u003cbr\u003e  Whose music is the gladness of the world.\"","brand":"OGB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146361651440,"sku":"2940015727395","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015727395_p0.jpg?v=1763623904","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015727395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}