Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 134, May 22, 1852 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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VOL. V.—No. 134.
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In the year 1836, I visited Kidderminster for the purpose of seeing the place where Richard Baxter spent fourteen of the most valuable years of his life; and of ascertaining if any relics were to be found connected with the history of this remarkable man. Baxter thought much of Kidderminster, for with strong feeling he says, respecting this place, in his poem on Love breathing Thanks and Praise ( Poetical Fragments , 1st edit. 1681):—
But among all, none did so much abound,
With fruitful mercies, as that barren ground,
Where I did make my best and longest stay,