“Characteristics,” A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Sect. 2,—Shaftesbury.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, a distinguished English statesman, was born in Wimborne, St. Giles, Dorsetshire, July 22, 1621, and died in Amsterdam, January 22, 1683. His notable work was: “Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, and Times,” a collection of his numerous writings.
Blithe wanderer of the wintry air,
Now here, now there, now everywhere,
Quickly drifting to and fro,
A cheerful life devoid of care,
A shadow on the snow.
“The English Sparrow,”—George W. Bungay.
George Washington Bungay, a noted journalist and poet, was born in Walsingham, England, July 22, 1818, and died July 10, 1892. The best known of his many poems are: “The Creed of the Bells,” and “The English Sparrow.” He also wrote: “Abraham Lincoln Songster,” “Pen Portraits of Illustrious Abstainers,” etc.
Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.
“Self Independence,”—Coventry K. D. Patmore.
Coventry Keassey Deighton Patmore, a celebrated English poet, was born at Woodford in Essex, July 23, 1823, and died in 1896. He wrote: “The Unknown Eros,” “Amelia,” “The Rod, the Root and the Flower,” “The Angel in the House,” “Principle in Art, and Other Essays,” etc.
Truth is liable to be left-handed in history.
—Dumas, (Père).