Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
-- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
   
Thomas Bailey Aldrich   Name:
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
American
Birth:
November 11, 1836
Death:
March 19, 1907
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