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Carolina Nairne, Baroness Nairne
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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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Periods of American Literature
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Also Known As Mrs. Bogan of Bogan • Carolina Oliphant
Born August 16, 1766 • Scotland
Died October 26, 1845 (aged 79) • Scotland
Notable Works “Lays from Strathearn”
Lady Grizel Baillie
Scottish poet
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Scottish poet
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
William Dunbar
Scottish poet
Allan Ramsay, oil painting by John Smibert; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Allan Ramsay
Scottish poet
Gawin Douglas
Scottish bishop and poet
Lyndsay, drawing after a woodcut on the title page of Lyndsay's Workes, 1634
Sir David Lyndsay
Scottish poet
Beattie, detail of an engraving by William Ridley after a portrait by an unknown artist
James Beattie
Scottish poet
MacDiarmid
Hugh MacDiarmid
Scottish poet
Robert Henryson
Scottish author
Harry The Minstrel
Scottish writer
Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington
Scottish poet
James Thomson
Scottish poet [1700–1748]
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Scottish poet
James Thomson, engraving, 1869, after a photograph.
James Thomson
Scottish poet [1834–1882]
Allan Cunningham, detail of a portrait by Henry Room; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Allan Cunningham
Scottish poet
Alexander Montgomerie
Scottish poet
William Soutar
British poet

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