Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Abram Joseph Ryan

Born: February 5, 1839
Died: April 22, 1886 (aged 47)
Bio: The Rev. Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Catholic priest. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and, less frequently, the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy."
Known for:
- Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous (1880)
- Father Ryan's Poems (1879)
- Poems: Patriotic, Religious
- CROWN FOR OUR QUEEN (1882)






