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Lifetime: 1857 - 1894 Passed: ≈ 130 years ago

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Benjamin King

Books by Benjamin King

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Summer's Afternoon

Poetry Fiction Non-Fiction Essays
Love Beauty Nature Time Reflection Life Nostalgia Memory Summer Peace Seasons Poetry Sorrow Joy Tranquility Emotions Melancholy Afternoon Passing Feelings

As the summer days wind down, LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of A Summer’s Afternoon by Benjamin King. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 29th, 2007.

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Ben King's Verse

This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous during his lifetime, and is still widely referenced and quoted until today. This volume was published in Chic...