Scope and Contents The poem reads, "I knew the feelings, the sentiment of my genuine self - love is all - libera me - is the pain you preach love! - be bound toge by all the liks of love, - I separa me kind minister - libera me so I shall make my service." The image of this page depicts a stylized Crucifix with a label in gold leaf entitled "Sterne." This refers to Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 "“ March 18, 1768), an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption. Two volumes of Sterne's Sermons, which were conventional in both style and substance, were published during his lifetime; more copies of his Sermons were sold in his lifetime than copies of Tristram Shandy, and for a while he was better known in some...