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Also Known As Ernest Christopher Dowson
Born August 2, 1867 • Lee • England
Died February 23, 1900 (aged 32) • Lewisham • England
Notable Works “Decorations in Verse and Prose” • “Verses”
Movement / Style Decadent

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Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.
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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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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
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