Jan Hendrik Leopold

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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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9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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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Jan Hendrik Leopold: Facts & Related Content

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Born	May 11, 1865 • ’s-Hertogenbosch • Netherlands
Died	June 21, 1925 (aged 60) • Rotterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works	“Cheops”

Albert Verwey

Dutch poet

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Willem Kloos

Dutch author

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Isaäc da Costa

Dutch writer

Everhardus Johannes Potgieter

Dutch author

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Dutch author

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Jacob Cats

Dutch author

Hella S. Haasse

Dutch author

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch author

Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Bilderdijk

Dutch poet

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Betje Wolff

Dutch author

Pieter Jelles Troelstra

Dutch statesman

Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman

Dutch statesman

Gerrit Achterberg

Dutch poet

Heinrich von Veldeke

German-Dutch poet

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

A Study of Poetry

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

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