It was a livelihood he combined with community fund raising by selling poems, tracts and even his own portrait.
ɪt wʌzɐ lˈaɪvlihˌʊd hiː kəmbˈaɪnd wɪð kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi fˈʌnd ɹˈeɪzɪŋ baɪ sˈɛlɪŋ pˈoʊᵻmz, tɹˈækts ænd ˈiːvən hɪz ˈoʊn pˈoːɹtɹɪt.