Friday, April 12, 1850

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to April 12. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

I, too, sing America.
Langston HughesI, Too · 1926

In 1851 this day opens on John Donne.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

April 12 · Quotationary