It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
“On Compromise,”—John Morley.
John Morley (Viscount Morley), a renowned English statesman, essayist, editor, critic and biographer, was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, December 24, 1838. He has written: “Life of Oliver Cromwell,” “Life of Gladstone,” “Life of Cobden,” “Sir Robert Walpole,” “Studies in Literature,” “Cromwell,” “Literary Essays,” “Notes on Politics,” “Recollections,” etc.
Well may your hearts believe the truths I tell:
’Tis virtue makes the bliss, where’er we dwell.
“Oriental Eclogues,” I, Line 5,—William Collins.
William Collins, a celebrated English poet, was born in Chichester, December 25, 1721, and died there, June 12, 1759. His principal works were: “Ode to Evening,” “The Passions,” “Ode on the Death of Thomson,” and the “Dirge to Cymbeline.”
Who dares this pair of boots displace,
Must meet Bombastes face to face.
“Bombastes Furioso,” Act I, Sc. 4,—William Barnes Rhodes.
William Barnes Rhodes, a noted English dramatic writer, was born December 25, 1772, and died November 1, 1826. He wrote: “The Satires of Juvenal, Translated into English Verse,” “Epigrams,” and his famous burlesque, “Bombastes Furioso.”
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea,
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.