John Marston

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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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Brain Games: 8 Philosophical Puzzles and Paradoxes

The tomb of Saint Nicholas in the crypt of the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Do the Relics of Saint Nicholas Really Emit a Holy Substance?

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8 of the Largest Empires in History

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

John Marston: Facts & Related Content

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Baptized	October 7, 1576
Died	June 25, 1634 • London • England
Notable Works	“Eastward Ho” • “Histrio-mastix” • “Last Instructions to a Painter” • “The Dutch Courtezan” • “The Malcontent” • “The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image and Certaine Satyres”
Movement / Style	Jacobean age

Poet John Dryden

John Dryden

British author

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Jonson, Ben

Ben Jonson

English writer

Thomas Middleton, engraving

Thomas Middleton

English dramatist

George Chapman, engraved portrait by W. Hole from the frontispiece to The Whole Works of Homer

George Chapman

English writer

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

John Gay

British author

Thomas Lodge

English writer

George Gascoigne

George Gascoigne

English poet

Otway, miniature by Thomas Flatman, c. 1675; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Thomas Otway

English author

Suckling, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sir John Suckling

English poet and dramatist

Robert Armin

English actor

Richard Savage

English writer

English playwright and poet

James Shirley

English playwright

Anne Ridler

British writer

Thomas Randolph

English poet and dramatist

Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.

Walter de la Mare

British author

Thomas Nabbes

English writer

William Whitehead

British poet

John Fletcher, engraving

John Fletcher

English dramatist

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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