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Edward Fairfax
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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:
Poetry: First Lines
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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
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Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books
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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
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Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.
Holi: Festival of Colors
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9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals
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U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Born c.1575 • Leeds • England
Died January 27, 1635
Notable Works “Godfrey of Bulloigne or the Recoverie of Jerusalem”
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English artist
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
English poet and translator
Terence Tiller
British writer
Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Detail of a portrait thought to be of Christopher Marlowe, dated 1585, artist unknown; in the collection of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Christopher Marlowe
English writer
William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Congreve
English dramatist
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
British poet
Robert Graves
British writer
Thomas Lodge
English writer
Thomas Shadwell, engraving.
Thomas Shadwell
English author
Anthony Munday
English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator
Edward FitzGerald, miniature portrait by Eva Rivett-Carnac after a photograph of 1873; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward FitzGerald
British author
George Chapman, engraved portrait by W. Hole from the frontispiece to The Whole Works of Homer
George Chapman
English writer
T.E. Hulme
English critic and poet
Symonds, John Addington
John Addington Symonds
English writer
Sir Charles Sedley, 4th Baronet
English writer
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
C. Day-Lewis
British poet
Thomas Stanley
English 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
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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:
Poetry: First Lines
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry