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James Matthews Legaré
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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 compareAs 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 seeThyself: so sheBeholds her image in her eyesReflected. Thus did Venus riseFrom out the sea.
"To a Lily" (1845), stanza 3, in Orta-Undis and Other Poems (Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848), p. 10..
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Category:1859 deaths
Category:19th-century poets from the United States
Category:Poets from South Carolina
Category:People from Charleston