"What I Live For"
This poem by G. Linnaeus Banks circulated widely in the nineteenth century, appearing in many secular and religious journals, in newspapers, in hymn collections, and in oratory books used by platform speakers and students.
Banks was a British poet, editor, and playwright known for his radical politics. His wife Isabella was also a poet who supported the family in later years.
W. E. A. Axon, ‘Banks, George Linnaeus (1821–1881)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008.
Banks was a British poet, editor, and playwright known for his radical politics. His wife Isabella was also a poet who supported the family in later years.
W. E. A. Axon, ‘Banks, George Linnaeus (1821–1881)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008.
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