Alfred Billings Street

thumb| Alfred Billings Street (December 18, 1811 – June 2, 1881) was an American writer and poet. Quotes Nature is Man’s teacher. She unfolds Her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, Illumes his mind and purifies his heart. An influence breathes from all the sights and sounds Of her existence. "Nature", Drawings and Tintings (1844), p. 4 Bright is the beautiful land of our birth, The home of the homeless all over the earth. "Song for Independence", Drawings and Tintings (1844), p. 21 External links Tryon Edwards (ed.) A Dictionary of Thoughts (New York: Cassell, 1891), pp. 17, 373 Category:1811 births Category:1881 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Historians from the United States Category:People from New York (state)