James Matthews Legaré

James Matthews Legaré (November 26, 1823 – March 30, 1859) was an American poet and failed inventor.

Quotes

 * 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..