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
Sidney Lanier
Born: February 3, 1842
Died: September 7, 1881 (aged 39)
Bio: Sidney Clopton Lanier was an American musician, poet and author.
Known for:
- Poems of Sidney Lanier
- The science of English verse (1880)
- Florida Its Scenery, Climate, And History (1875)
- Music and poetry
- The boy's King Arthur