Richard H. Wilde

Richard Henry Wilde (September 24, 1789 – September 10, 1847) was a United States representative and lawyer from Georgia. Quotes My life is like the summer rose   That opens to the morning sky,But ere the shades of evening close,   Is scatter'd on the ground — to die! My life is like the autumn leaf   That trembles in the moon's pale ray,Its hold is frail — its date is brief,   Restless — and soon to pass away! "Stanzas", in Rufus Wilmot Griswold, ed., The Poets and Poetry of America, 17th ed. (Philadelphia: Parry and McMillin, 1858), p. 127 External links