Quote of the day
Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
George Pope Morris
Born: October 10, 1802
Died: July 6, 1864 (aged 61)
Bio: George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.
Known for:
- The prose and poetry of Europe and America (1845)
- Poems
- The Deserted Bride and Other Poems (1838)
- The Romance of the Ring, and Other Poems (1859)