Lines to the people

Lines to the people

Blind

Poetry

Visually Impaired Persons

Mendicant literature

"Francis J. Burns, the author of the following lines, was born February 19, 856. He became nearly blind from inflammation when one year old. He has been a pupil for three years in the N.Y. State Institution for the Blind at Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. He is now trying, by selling this poem, to raise means to establish himself in business, and respectfully asks your patronage."
"Price five cents. Charity covereth a multitude of sins."

Poem in 6 stanzas

Burns, Francis J., blind poet

1880, circa

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DigID0002997

DigID0002998

Physical Item 32044115003618

BibID 009917381

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