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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:
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Born May 7, 1812 • London • England
Died December 12, 1889 (aged 77) • Venice • Italy
Notable Works “Bishop Blougram’s Apology” • “Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day” • “Dramatis Personae” • “Fra Lippo Lippi” • “Men and Women” • “My Last Duchess” • “Paracelsus” • “Pippa Passes” • “Rabbi Ben Ezra” • “Sordello” • “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed’s Church” • “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” • “The Ring and the Book”

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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