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.
Henry Timrod
Born: December 8, 1829
Died: October 7, 1867 (aged 37)
Bio: Henry Timrod was an American poet, often called the poet laureate of the Confederacy.
Known for:
- Poems Of Henry Timrod
- The essays of Henry Timrod
- The uncollected poems of Henry Timrod
- Poems; With Memoir.