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William Ernest Henley
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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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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
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Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile
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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
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William Ernest Henley: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Jerome Hamilton Buckley, William Ernest Henley: A Study in the “Counter-Decadence” of the ’Nineties (1945, reissued 1971); John Connell (pseudonym of John Henry Robertson), W.E. Henley (1949, reprinted 1972).

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First paragraph modernization. Mar 12, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 19, 2023
Anniversary information added. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: All Poetry - William Ernest Henley. Oct 18, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Poets and Poems - William Ernest Henley. Oct 18, 2021
Add new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of William Ernest Henley. Apr 20, 2017
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of William Ernest Henley. Apr 20, 2017
Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Biography of W. E. Henley. May 16, 2013
Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Biography of W. E. Henley. May 16, 2013
Article revised and updated. Dec 21, 2006
Bibliography revised. Dec 21, 2006
Added new Web site: William Ernest Henley. Jul 20, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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