Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Thomas Dunn English.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Thomas Dunn English was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He was also a published author and songwriter, who had a bitter feud with Edgar Allan Poe. Along with Waitman T. Barbe and Danske Dandridge, English was considered a major West Virginia poet of the mid 19th century.
Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown, Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown?
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
When greater perils men inviron, Then women show a front of iron; And, gentle in their manner, they Do bold things in a quiet way.