Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Eugene Lee-Hamilton
Born: January 6, 1845
Died: September 9, 1907 (aged 62)
Bio: Eugene Lee-Hamilton was a late Victorian English poet. His work includes some notable sonnets in the style of Petrarch. He endowed a literary prize administered by Oriel College in Oxford University, where he was a student.
Known for:
- Sonnets of the wingless hours (1894)
- Selected poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845-1907)