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Sidney Lanier Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 3, 1842
  • Died: Sep 7, 1881

Sidney Clopton Lanier was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate army, worked on a blockade running ship for which he was imprisoned, taught, worked at a hotel where he gave musical performances, was a church organist, and worked as a lawyer. As a poet he used dialects. He became a flautist and sold poems to publications. He eventually became a university professor and is known for his adaptation of musical meter to poetry. Many schools, other structures and two lakes are named for him.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.

Music is love in search of a word.