Quote of the day
You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.
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)







