EAGLESWEB.COM AUDIO ANTHOLOGY of LYRICAL POETRY in MODERN ENGLISH recorded by WALTER RUFUS EAGLES

 

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English Calvinist Poet John Newton [1725-1807]
Born and died in London.

 
 

Note: The last verse (before the repeat of the first) is by an unknown writer, but is included for the sake of quite an old tradition.  Read also my own appreciation of that verse HERE (an Adobe Acrobat file).  To read more of the amazing story, click HERE.  

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