Eugene Field
Eugene Field
Eugene Field, Sr.was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 September 1850
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
blessed food night
But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.
book air perfume
Books do actually consume air and exhale perfumes.
cheer book years
Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep.
book appreciated book-lover
No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.