Isaac Watts

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Isaac Watts: Facts & Related Content

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Born	July 17, 1674 • Southampton • England
Died	November 25, 1748 (aged 74) • Stoke Newington • England
Notable Works	“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”

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St. John Henry Newman

British theologian

William Cowper

British poet

Charles Wesley

English clergyman

George Wither

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Keble, chalk drawing by George Richmond, 1863; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Keble

British priest and poet

Thomas Ken

British clergyman

John Byrom

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Nahum Tate

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Frederick William Faber

British theologian

Joseph Proud

British minister

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

British author and editor

Horatius Bonar

Scottish minister

James Montgomery

Scottish author

William Shakespeare

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John Milton

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Samuel Johnson

English author

William Blake

British writer and artist

Geoffrey Chaucer

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D.H. Lawrence

English writer

George Meredith

English novelist

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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

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