Nahum Tate

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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

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. c 1907

What Did Shakespeare Sound Like?

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Discover

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Nahum Tate: Facts & Related Content

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Born	1652 • Dublin • Ireland
Died	July 30, 1715 (aged 63) • London • England
Title / Office	poet laureate (1707-1715) • poet laureate (1692-1706)
Notable Works	“Absalom and Achitophel” • “Dido and Aeneas” • “New Version of the Psalms of David”

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Lamb, Mary Ann; Lamb, Charles

Charles Lamb

British author

Robert Armin

English actor

Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Mary Ann Lamb

British author

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian author

Harley Granville-Barker, detail of an oil painting by Jacques-Emile Blanche, 1930; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Harley Granville-Barker

British author and producer

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Mihály Babits

Hungarian author

Alexander Dyce

Scottish editor

Portrait of poet Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

English author

Charles Clarke, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Charles Cowden Clarke

English editor and critic

Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin

Ludwig Tieck

German writer

Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

king of Siam

Delia Salter Bacon

American author

Jan Kasprowicz

Polish writer

Christoph Martin Wieland.

Christoph Martin Wieland

German poet

Otto Ludwig

German writer

Johann Elias Schlegel

German author and critic

William Charles Macready

English actor

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

British actor and director

Quiz

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