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Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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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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Born November 10, 1730 • Ireland
Died April 4, 1774 (aged 43) • London • England
Notable Works “An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe” • “She Stoops to Conquer” • “The Citizen of the World, or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher” • “The Deserted Village” • “The Traveller” • “The Vicar of Wakefield”

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