Edward Rowland Sill — a remark

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“I more and more believe the only way for ordinary mortals is to keep out of sight, and write anonymously.”

Expressing a preference for quiet, unsigned work over public recognition · Letter

About Edward Rowland Sill

Edward Rowland Sill

29 April 1841–27 February 1887

Edward Rowland Sill was born on 29 April 1841 in Windsor, Connecticut, and died on 27 February 1887 in Cleveland, Ohio. His life was short, frequently unsettled, and shadowed by poor health, yet it produced a body of poetry and prose distinguished by moral seriousness, intellectual candor, and an unusual tenderness…

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