Elizabeth Bishop

American poet.

Born February 8th, 1911 in Worcester.

Died October 6th, 1979 at 68 years old in Boston (intracranial aneurysm).

Occupations
essayist, poet, translator, university teacher, writer
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon