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Born c.310 • Gaul
Died c.395 • Gaul
Notable Works “Ludus septem sapientum” • “Parentalia” • “Professores Burdigalenses” • “Technopaegnion”
Magnus Felix Ennodius
Italian bishop and writer
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Cicero
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene
Virgil
Roman poet
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
Catullus
Roman poet
Sextus Propertius
Roman poet
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
Martial
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
Quintilian
Roman rhetorician
Albius Tibullus
Roman poet
Quintus Ennius
Roman author
Lucan
Roman author
Calpurnius Siculus
Roman poet
Statius
Roman poet
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
Roman poet
Silius Italicus
Roman poet
Publius Annius Florus
Roman historian
Prudentius
Christian poet

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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