Thomas Dunn English

Thomas Dunn English (June 29 1819 – April 1 1902) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He was also a published author and songwriter, who had a bitter ongoing feud with Edgar Allan Poe.

Quotes

 * That was a day of delight and wonder. While lying the shade of the maple trees under— He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play; He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.
 * Under the Trees, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 494.


 * Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown; Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown!
 * Ben Bolt, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * Your eyes were filled with love, Kate Vane; Ah, would that we were young again!
 * Kate Vane, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).