Quote of the day
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Born: August 17, 1840
Died: September 10, 1922 (aged 82)
Bio: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomatic Service from 1858 to 1869.
Known for:
- The Future of Islam (1882)
- My Diaries (1919)
- The love sonnets of Proteus (1881)
- Satan absolved (1899)