Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Bernard Barton
Born: January 31, 1784
Died: February 19, 1849 (aged 65)
Bio: Bernard Barton was known as the Quaker poet. His main works included The Convict's Appeal, in which he protested against the death penalty and the severity of the criminal code.
Known for:
- Napoleon, and other poems (1822)
- Poetic vigils (1824)
- Household Verses (1845)
- A widow's tale, and other poems (1827)
- Poems and letters, with a memoir