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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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Also Known As Daniël Heins
Born January 9, 1580 or June 9, 1580 • Ghent • Belgium
Died February 25, 1655 • Leiden • Netherlands
Notable Works “Poetics”

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Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Jean de La Taille
French author
Gerstenberg, engraving
Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg
German writer
Pedro António Correia Garção
Portuguese poet
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
French author
Douglas Stewart
New Zealand writer
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
Jacques Grévin
French author
Sir J. C. Squire
British journalist and author
Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
Albert Verwey
Dutch poet
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author

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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:
Poetry: First Lines
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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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry