Poetry Books by Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Authors: Lyman Abbott, Samuel Byram Halliday, Henry Ward Beecher
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Published Date: 1887
Categories: Clergy
"In the present sketch of Henry Ward Beecher, the author presents analyses of Beecher's power as a preacher, lecturer, orator and journalist, and incidents and reminiscences of his life. The characterizations and personal reminiscences are contributed by thirty-nine eminent writers, also Mr. Beecher's life as sketched by himself shortly before his death." -- goodreads.com
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This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
[Addressed to Charles Lamb, of the India House, London]
In the June of 1797 some long-expected friends paid a visit
to the author's cottage; and on the morning of their arrival,
he met with an accident, which disabled him from walking
during the whole time of their stay. One evening, when they
had left him for a few hours, he composed the following
lines in the garden-bower.
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