25 April The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no:So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.
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Published on this day
- 1719 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- 2013 A Delicate Truth by John le Carré
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- John Keble: After George Richmond / William Holl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Emma Scarr Booth: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Walter de la Mare: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Cowper: Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anna Sewell: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alan Sillitoe: Ian brown LRPS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized