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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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Born November 1, 1896 • London • England
Died January 20, 1974 (aged 77) • England
Notable Works “Undertones of War”
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
A.E. Housman, detail of a drawing by William Rothenstein, 1906; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
A.E. Housman
English scholar and poet
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Hughes, Ted
Ted Hughes
British poet
Thomas Hood, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Hood
British poet
Nicholas Rowe, engraving by Remi Parr after the painting by Godfrey Kneller
Nicholas Rowe
English writer and editor
Portrait of William Michael Rossetti by Sir William Rothenstein, oil on canvas, 1909; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Michael Rossetti
English art critic
Arthur Symons, tempera painting by R.H. Sauter, 1935; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Arthur Symons
English poet and critic
William Bowles, engraving by Thomson, first quarter of the 19th century, after a painting by Mullar
William Lisle Bowles
British poet and clergyman
Joseph Blanco White
Spanish-English writer
Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Quiller-Couch, 1943
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
British writer
Anne Ridler
British writer
Philip Larkin
British poet
Aaron Hill
English author
Dodsley, detail of an oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760; in Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London
Robert Dodsley
English author and publisher

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