James Matthews Legaré
American writer (1823–1859)
James Matthews Legaré (November 26, 1823 – March 30, 1859) was an American poet and failed inventor.
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Quotes
edit- Go bow thy head in gentle spite,
Thou lily white.
For she who spies thee waving here,
With thee in beauty can compare
As day with night.- "To a Lily" (1845), stanza 1, in Orta-Undis and Other Poems (Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848), p. 10.
- Thou in thy lake dost see
Thyself: so she
Beholds her image in her eyes
Reflected. Thus did Venus rise
From out the sea.- "To a Lily" (1845), stanza 3, in Orta-Undis and Other Poems (Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848), p. 10..
