Williams, Dwight
clergyman, poet, was born April 26, 1824, in Rippleton, N.
Y. Most of his life was spent in pastoral work in the state of New York. For some years Rev.
Williams devoted himself to editorial work; he has contributed to the current literature of the day; and many of his productions have been extensively copied by the press of this and other countries. He is the author of three small volumes of poems, the last and best of which perhaps is The Beautiful City. His verses always contain much delicate sentiment and purity of thought and feeling.