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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
Books. Lord Alfred Tennyson. Lord Byron. Poetry. Reading. Literacy. Library. Antique. A stack of four antique leather bound books.
Poets and Poetry of Great Britain Quiz
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World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
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Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

Thomas Traherne: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1637 • Hereford • England
Died 1674 (aged 37) • Teddington • England
Notable Works “Centuries of Meditations”
John Donne
English poet
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Keble, chalk drawing by George Richmond, 1863; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Keble
British priest and poet
George Meredith, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1893; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
George Meredith
English novelist
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
British critic
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
English poet
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
William Morris
British artist and author
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
Christina Rossetti, chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866; in a private collection
Christina Rossetti
English poet
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne
English poet
John Sheffield, 1st duke of Buckingham and Normanby
British statesman and author
Richard Savage
English writer
Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
pages from Francis Quarles's Emblemes
Francis Quarles
English poet
Thomas Blackburn
British poet
Abercrombie, Lascelles
Lascelles Abercrombie
British author
Jack Clemo
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
Books. Lord Alfred Tennyson. Lord Byron. Poetry. Reading. Literacy. Library. Antique. A stack of four antique leather bound books.
Poets and Poetry of Great Britain Quiz
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