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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 December 15, 1878 • Germany
Died September 12, 1956 (aged 77) • Germany
Notable Works “A Roumanian Diary” • “Der Tag des jungen Arztes” • “Doktor Bürgers Ende” • “Stella Mystica”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
German poet
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Uwe Johnson
German author
Novalis, detail of an engraving by Edouard Eichens, 1845
Novalis
German poet
Mörike, Eduard Friedrich
Eduard Friedrich Mörike
German poet
Eichendorff, Joseph, freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff
German writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
German writer
Volker Braun
German author
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author
Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
German writer
Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
W.G. Sebald
W.G. Sebald
German-English author
Gellert, lithograph
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
German writer
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
Marie Luise Kaschnitz
German author
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Däubler
Theodor Däubler
German-language poet

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