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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	March 31, 1844 • Selkirk • Scotland
Died	July 20, 1912 (aged 68) • Scotland
Notable Works	“World of Homer”

John Langhorne

English poet

Alexander Pope

English author

Martin Opitz

German poet

Richmond Lattimore

American poet and translator

Thomas Tickell

English writer

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Elio Vittorini

Italian author

Louis Zukofsky

American poet

Robert Fitzgerald

American poet

Rex Warner

British writer

Elijah Fenton

British poet

Broome, engraving by J.-M. Delattre after a portrait by D. Heins, 18th century

William Broome

British scholar and poet

Edwin Muir

Scottish writer

George Macdonald

British author

Samuel Johnson

English author

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

H.D.

American poet

Robert Graves

British writer

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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

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

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