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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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Born 1872 • Punjab • India
Died 1957 (aged 85) • Punjab • India
Founder “Khālsā Samācār”
Subjects Of Study Sikhism
Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab
Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Indian author
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Kabir
Indian mystic and poet
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth
Indian author
Kamala Das
Indian author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Kemal, Namik
Namık Kemal
Turkish author and social reformer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American poet and journalist
Jacob Glatstein
American author and literary critic
Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
Henry Brooke, engraving by C. Pye after a drawing by J. Thurston from a portrait by the subject's nephew Henry Brooke
Henry Brooke
Irish author
Antal
Indian poet
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
Kalidasa
Indian author
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher and yogi

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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