#December 31, 1829
#OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

He wrote,

My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

[I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

#Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

#Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

The #Garden
I #Love more
than any #Place on #Earth...