Famous quotes containing the words american and/or poet:
“The truth is, I do not want that office. When the American people choose a President they require him to remain awake four years. I have come to a time in life when I need my sleep.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“It is rare to find one who was so much of a poet and so little of an artist.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)