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Carl Michael Bellman
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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Famous Poets and Poetic Form
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Poetry: First Lines
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Born February 4, 1740 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died February 11, 1795 (aged 55) • Stockholm • Sweden
Notable Works “Bacchi tempel” • “Fredmans epistlar” • “Fredmans sanger”

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