#January 30, 1775
#OTD Walter Savage Landor, English #Writer & #Poet, is born.

His touching #Poem for #RoseAylmer (who died of #Cholera) went viral - the writer #CharlesLamb "lived on it for weeks:"

"Rose Aylmer...a night of memories & sighs I consecrate to thee."

Another great Walter story is the time he got mad at his cook & threw him out the window, realizing at that precise moment that the cook likely landed in the #Garden.

Wally shrieked,
"Good God! I forgot the #Violets."

#Crushed