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Born	c.1520 • Shrewsbury • England
Died	1604 • London • England
Notable Works	“A Mirror for Magistrates” • “Generall rehearsall of warres” • “Tottel’s Miscellany”

Charles Cotton

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D.H. Lawrence

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Ted Hughes

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George Herbert

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Edith Sitwell

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Giles Fletcher the Elder

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Robert Bly

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

A Study of Poetry

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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

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