Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Hardwicke Rawnsley
Born: September 29, 1851
Died: May 28, 1920 (aged 68)
Bio: Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, was a Church of England clergyman, poet, hymn writer, local politician, and conservationist. He was also one of the founders of the National Trust.
Known for:
- Poems, ballads, and bucolics (1890)
- A Book of Bristol Sonnets (1877)
- Ruskin and the English lakes (1901)
- Ballads of brave deeds (1896)
- Sonnets at the English lakes (1881)