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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).
World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Also Known As Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson
Born March 2, 1905 • England
Died November 25, 1985 (aged 80) • England • (Anniversary in 3 days)
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
John Lehmann
British poet
Cyril Connolly
British writer and editor
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Lockhart, detail of an oil painting by H.W. Pickersgill, 1830
John Gibson Lockhart
Scottish biographer
George Woodcock
Canadian writer
A.J.M. Smith
Canadian poet and anthologist
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
British artist and writer
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
British writer
Sir Leslie Stephen
British critic
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
C. Day-Lewis
British poet
Sir J. C. Squire
British journalist and author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
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Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
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H.L. Mencken
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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