Poem of the day
Vain Hope
by Ernest Dowson
Sometimes, to solace my sad heart, I say,
Though late it be, though lily-time be past,
Though all the summer skies be overcast,
Haply I will go down to her, some day,
And cast my rests of life before her feet,
That she may have her will of me, being so sweet
And none gainsay!
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Births on this day in history
- 05/18/1898 - Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel - Turkish poet
Deaths on this day in history
- 05/18/1998 - Obaidullah Aleem - Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)
- 05/18/1958 - Jacob Fichman - Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
- 05/18/1909 - George Meredith - English novelist and poet (b. 1828)