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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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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).
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Also Known As Ronald Frederick Henry Duncan
Born August 6, 1914 • Zimbabwe
Died June 3, 1982 (aged 67) • Barnstaple • England
Notable Works “The Rape of Lucretia”
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Anne Ridler
British writer
Guy Butler
South African author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
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W.S. Gilbert
British playwright
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Robin Maugham
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Phillpotts, Eden
Eden Phillpotts
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Sir J. C. Squire
British journalist and author
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
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William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Congreve
English dramatist
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author

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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