Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Fitz-Greene Halleck
Born: July 8, 1790
Died: November 19, 1867 (aged 77)
Bio: Fitz-Greene Halleck was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades.
Known for:
- Alnwick Castle: With Other Poems (1827)
- Fanny (1819)
- Fanny: With Other Poems (1839)
- The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck (1847)