I Woke Up Thinking a Very Pleasant Thought

Edgar Allan Poe - Born January 19th, 1809

 Portrait by Joe Kubert

via Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things 
which escape those who dream only by night."
Edgar Allan Poe 
 January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849

J.R.R. Tolkien - Born January 3rd, 1892

 Portrait Art by Audrey Benjaminsen

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973