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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).

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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

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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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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

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Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.

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Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Born	c.1330
Died	c.1400

Geoffrey Chaucer

English writer

Robert Mannyng

English poet

John Gower

English poet

Lydgate, detail from a manuscript, 15th century; in the British Library (Harley Ms. 4826)

John Lydgate

English writer

Osbern Bokenam

English author

Hoccleve, detail of an illumination from the manuscript of De regimine principum, early 15th century; in the British Library (MS. Royal 17 D VI)

Thomas Hoccleve

English poet

Lawamon

English poet

Dante

Italian poet

John Barbour

Scottish author

John Gardner

American author

Thomas The Rhymer

Scottish poet

William Shakespeare

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John Milton

English poet

Samuel Johnson

English author

William Blake

British writer and artist

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

George Meredith

English novelist

Edmund Spenser

English poet

John Donne

English poet

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British poet and critic

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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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