Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Music is love in search of a word.
If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.
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.