b. 1856d. 1886

James Berry Bensel

A native of New York City, James Berry Bensel's volume of poetry is called In the King's Garden.

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Little else is known about Bensel’s life. The publisher D. Lothrop & Co. described Bensel’s life as “the pathetic and too familiar story of suffering and unfulfilled promise.”

–Christie Finn

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Songs

Rhapsody1884 · Songs, Op. 20Clara Kathleen RogersJames Berry BenselSongs, Op. 201884Clara Kathleen Rogers

Books

In The King’s Garden, and Other Poems

James Berry Bensel

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Sheet Music

Songs, Op. 20

Clara Kathleen Rogers
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