Thomas Aldrich
Thomas Aldrich
A nineteenth-century American poet, novelist, and editor, he is best known for The Story of a Bad Boy and An Old Town by the Sea. The former work may have inspired Mark Twain's famous novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 November 1836
CityPortsmouth, NH
beside blue came dates death deaths hour last lets mind noon thousand village wars wind
My mind lets go a thousand things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour 'Twas noon by yonder village tower, And on the last blue noon in May The wind came briskly up this way, Crisping the brook beside the road; Then,
american-poet lovely passes
What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.
age heart reverent triumph
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age