Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Clarissa Eden

Born: June 28, 1920
Died: November 15, 2021 (aged 101)
Bio: Anne Clarissa Eden, Dowager Countess of Avon was the widow of Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, who was British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957.