Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Morris Bishop

Born: April 15, 1893
Died: November 20, 1973 (aged 80)
Bio: Morris Gilbert Bishop was an American scholar, historian, biographer, essayist, translator, anthologist and versifier.
Known for:
- Petrarch and his world (1963)
- The widening stain (1942)
- A medieval storybook (1970)
- A gallery of eccentrics (1928)
- A Survey of French Literature (1955)






