George Henry Boker

thumb|George Henry Boker George Henry Boker (October 6, 1823 – January 2, 1890) was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat. Quotes Lovers areLike walking ghosts, they always haunt the spotOf their misdeeds. Francesca da Rimini (1853), Act V, scene II, in Plays and Poems (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856), Vol. I, p. 462. Love is that orbit of the restless soul Whose circle grazes the confines of space, Bounding within the limits of its raceUtmost extremes. Sonnet: "Love is that orbit", line 1, in Plays and Poems (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856), Vol. II, p. 400. "Freedom!" their battle-cry,—"Freedom! or leave to die!" "The Black Regiment", stanza 5, in Poems of the War (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864), p. 101. Fold him in his country's stars,Roll the drum and fire the volley!What to him are all our wars,What but death bemocking folly? "Dirge for a Soldier (in Memory of General Philip Kearny)", stanza 3, in Poems of the War (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864), p. 169. External links George_Henry_Boker George Henry Boker Category:Poets from the United States Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:United States Ambassadors to Turkey and the Ottoman Empire Category:United States Ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union Category:1823 births Category:1890 deaths Category:People from Philadelphia Category:19th-century poets from the United States