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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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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

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Born	November 26, 1864 • Netherlands • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died	September 15, 1927 (aged 62) • Brussels • Belgium
Notable Works	“Mei” • “Pan”

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Vondel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by Joachim Sandrart, 1635

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Jacob Cats

Dutch author

Hella S. Haasse

Dutch author

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch author

Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Bilderdijk

Dutch poet

Albert Verwey

Dutch poet

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Betje Wolff

Dutch author

Pieter Jelles Troelstra

Dutch statesman

Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman

Dutch statesman

Gerrit Achterberg

Dutch poet

Heinrich von Veldeke

German-Dutch poet

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Willem Kloos

Dutch author

Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch poet

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero

Dutch author

Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk

Dutch poet and socialist

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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

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

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