Charles Warren Stoddard

250px|thumb|Charles Warren Stoddard Charles Warren Stoddard (7 August 1843 – 23 April 1909) was an American author and editor best known for his travel books about Polynesian life. Quotes Poetry One Life UPON the woven leaf,Upon the veined flower,I find my life portrayed in bief–My life from hour to hour.A frail leaf fit to die;The faithful air of heaven by,While no wind roughly blew.All day for my delight,From dark to dark my own;One butterfly delaying flight,That left me not alone.A humming-bird to floatUpon a breath; a beeTo blow a long complaining note,Invited were of me. Poems of Charles Warren Stoddard, edited by Ina Coolbrith (1917), p. 29 External links Category:1843 births Category:1909 deaths Category:Academics from the United States Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:20th-century poets from the United States Category:People from San Francisco Category:People from New York (state) Category:Gay poets Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Editors from the United States Category:Travel writers Category:Catholics from the United States