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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 July 15, 1929 • Douala • Cameroon
Died May 28, 2001 (aged 71) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Agatha Moudio’s Son”
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
American musician and actress
Ry Cooder
American musician
E.T.A. Hoffmann
German writer, composer, and painter
Mahal, Taj
Taj Mahal
American musician
René Philombe
Cameroonian author
Francisco Tárrega
Spanish musician
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen
American singer, songwriter, and bandleader
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Neil Young
Neil Young
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Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
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Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
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The Artist
Prince
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Colette
Colette
French writer
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
British musician
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg
British singer, songwriter, and musician
David Gilmour
David Gilmour
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A rock iconoclast
Frank Zappa
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin
Russian writer and composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer

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