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Also Known As	Daniël Heins
Born	January 9, 1580 or June 9, 1580 • Ghent • Belgium
Died	February 25, 1655 • Leiden • Netherlands
Notable Works	“Poetics”

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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

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