Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Robert Southey
Born: August 12, 1774
Died: March 21, 1843 (aged 68)
Bio: Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843.
Known for:
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1837)
- Thalaba the Destroyer (1799)
- The life of Nelson (1813)
- Joan of Arc (poem)
- Madoc
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