Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
John Hampden Gurney

Born: August 15, 1802
Died: March 8, 1862 (aged 59)
Bio: John Hampden Gurney was an Anglican clergyman and hymnist.