18 April The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.
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Published on this day
- 2013 The Cuckoo's Calling by J. K. Rowling
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- George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle: Thomas Cranfield, published by Mason & Co, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Erasmus Darwin: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Margaret Sackville: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized