Born: Oc­to­ber 21, 1796, New Lon­don, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 26, 1828, New Lon­don, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Educated at Yale Coll­ege, Brain­ard for some time prac­ticed law in Mid­dle­ton, Con­nec­ti­cut. He al­so ed­it­ed the Con­nec­ti­cut Mirror in Hart­ford. His Po­ems ap­peared in 1825, 1832 and 1842.

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Hymns

  1. To Thee, O God, the Shepherd Kings

If you know Brain­ard’s bur­i­al place