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.
Bio: Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger was an American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War and later a leader with the James Younger Gang. He was the eldest brother of Jim, John and Bob Younger.
