Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Edwin Markham
Born: April 23, 1852
Died: March 7, 1940 (aged 87)
Bio: Edwin Markham was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.
Known for:
- The Man With the Hoe And Other Poems (1899)
- Lincoln & other poems (1901)
- The Shoes Of Happiness And Other Poems (1915)
- An unexpected Christmas guest
- California the wonderful (1914)