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  2. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets - Wikipedia

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    A print of Samuel Johnson, based on a portrait by Joshua Reynolds, later used in the 1806 edition of the Lives of the Poets. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81), alternatively known by the shorter title Lives of the Poets, is a work by Samuel Johnson comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century.

  3. Conrad Aiken - Wikipedia

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    Named Poetry Consultant (now U.S. Poet Laureate) of the Library of Congress from 1950 to 1952, Aiken earned numerous prestigious writing honors, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for Selected Poems, the 1954 National Book Award for Collected Poems, [14] the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in ...

  4. Robert Frost - Wikipedia

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    Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, [2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

  5. Walt Whitman - Wikipedia

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    The Walt Whitman Archive includes all editions of Leaves of Grass in page-images and transcription, as well as manuscripts, criticism, and biography. Walt Whitman: Profile, Poems, Essays at Poets.org. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online. Brooklyn Public Library. Walt Whitman at Find a Grave; Walt Whitman at IMDb; Johnson, John A., and Lloyd D. Worley.

  6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wikipedia

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    The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845) The Seaside and the Fireside (1850) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (London, 1852), with illustrations by John Gilbert; The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (1858) Tales of a Wayside Inn (including the "second flight" of Birds of Passage) (1863) Household Poems (1865 ...

  7. John Donne - Wikipedia

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    The fashion for coterie poetry of the period gave Donne a means to seek patronage. Many of his poems were written for wealthy friends or patrons, especially for MP Sir Robert Drury of Hawsted (1575–1615), whom he met in 1610 and who became his chief patron, furnishing him and his family an apartment in his large house in Drury Lane. [11]

  8. Emily Dickinson - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. American poet (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847; the only authenticated portrait of Dickinson after early childhood Born (1830-12-10) December 10, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 15, 1886 (1886-05-15) (aged 55 ...

  9. John Milton - Wikipedia

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    John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.