Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Maria Gowen Brooks
Born: 1794
Died: November 11, 1845 (aged 51)
Bio: Maria Gowen Brooks was an American poet. She impressed Edgar Allan Poe and the English Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, who promoted her best-known poem Zophiël.
Known for:
- Zóphiël; or, The bride of seven (1833)
- Zophiel: A Poem, (1825)