Ocupation: Poet
Life: December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892
Birthday: December 17
Death: September 7
If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.
source: John Greenleaf Whittier, “If Thou Of Fortune Be Bereft”