Quote of the day
A narrow compass! and yet there
Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair;
Give me but what this riband bound,
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
William Falconer
Born: February 21, 1732
Died: 1769 (aged 36)
Bio: William Falconer was a Scottish poet.
Known for:
- New Universal Dictionary of the Marine
- The Shipwreck (1762)
- Falconers Marine Dictionary