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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
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Also Known As Ousmane DiopSocé
Born October 31, 1911 • Rufisque • Senegal
Died May 1974 (aged 62) • Dakar • Senegal
Notable Works “Karim” • “Mirages de Paris”
Oyono, Ferdinand Léopold
Ferdinand Léopold Oyono
Cameroonian statesman, actor, and writer
Léopold Senghor
Léopold Senghor
president of Senegal
Carlos P. Romulo
Filipino diplomat
Davidson Nicol
Sierra Leonean physician and writer
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
prime minister of Israel
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat, humanitarian and first lady
Samantha Power
Samantha Power
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John Bolton
John Bolton
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Théophile Gautier
French author
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Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
United States secretary of state
Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian diplomat
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
president of Finland
Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim
president of Austria and secretary-general of the United Nations
Ralph Bunche, 1951.
Ralph Bunche
American diplomat
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
American statesman
Amara Essy
Amara Essy
Ivorian diplomat

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