Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
George Croly
Born: August 17, 1780
Died: November 24, 1860 (aged 80)
Bio: George Croly was an Irish poet, novelist, historian, and Anglican priest. He was rector of St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London from 1835 until his death.
Known for:
- The Modern Orlando: a Poem (1855)
- Tarry thou till I come (1828)
- Art of David Roberts Box
- Pride Shall Have A Fall (1824)