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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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World Poetry Day
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Periods of American Literature
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Born May 14, 1752 • Northampton • Massachusetts
Died January 11, 1817 (aged 64) • New Haven • Connecticut
Notable Works “The Conquest of Canaan”
Movement / Style Hartford wits
Subjects Of Study Christianity
Role In Second Great Awakening

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Clarke, James Freeman
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The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale
American religious leader
Barlow, Joel
Joel Barlow
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John Trumbull
American poet
Charles Monroe Sheldon
American writer
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
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N.F.S. Grundtvig
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Danish bishop and poet
Godfrey of Saint-Victor
French philosopher
St. John of Damascus
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Keble, chalk drawing by George Richmond, 1863; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Keble
British priest and poet
Ronald Knox, pen and ink drawing by P. Evans, c. 1926; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Ronald Knox
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Jacob of Edessa
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Elizabeth Coatsworth
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Alice Cary
American poet
Phoebe Cary
American poet
William Augustus Muhlenberg
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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