Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Henry Newbolt
Born: June 6, 1862
Died: April 19, 1938 (aged 75)
Bio: Sir Henry John Newbolt was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England.
Known for:
- Aladore (1914)
- Collected Poems 1897 - 1907 (1910)
- Poems: New and Old (1912)
- The Book of the Blue Sea (1914)