Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Gertrud von Le Fort

Born: October 11, 1876
Died: November 1, 1971 (aged 95)
Bio: The Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems and essays.
Known for:
- The song at the scaffold (1933)
- The eternal woman
- The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories
- Hymns to the Church
- The Veil of Veronica






