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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
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Born June 29, 1798 • Italy
Died June 14, 1837 (aged 38) • Naples • Italy
Notable Works “A Silvia” • “Appressamento della morte” • “Operette morali” • “The Poems of Leopardi”

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Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
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Foscolo, detail of an oil painting by François-Xavier Fabre, 1818; in the Gallery of Modern Art, Florence
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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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