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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American journalist and poet, best known for his collection of poems entitled Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855. He remains an influential figure in American literature, whose writings reflect how deeply...
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Poems of Phillis Wheatley and Jefferson's Criticism
Although Phillis Wheatley's poetry found an audience upon publication, it was not well received by everyone and some, notably Thomas Jefferson (l. 1743-1826), dismissed her work entirely as "mimicry" since, according to the prevailing understanding...
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The Poems of Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was one of the most influential dramatists of Elizabethan theatre. Though he is best known for his plays, his poems were very popular in their time and are still well-regarded today...
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Found In the Grass
Found In the Grass is a legend of the Algonquian-speaking nations of the Plains Indians and one of the most famous. The story is told in many different versions, but the best-known comes from the Cheyenne and features the child hero Mok-so-is...
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Walt Whitman, Frontispiece to Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), age 35, frontispiece to Leaves of Grass, Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1855, steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer from a lost daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
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Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BCE) was a Roman poet whose poems are considered to be some of the finest examples of lyric poetry from ancient Rome, despite his youth and early death. Catullus wrote in the neoteric style during the high point...
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Title Page of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, 1773
Title page of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773.
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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Peter the Great On His Deathbed
Peter I on his deathbed, oil on canvas by Ivan Nikitich Nikitin. 1725.
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Washington on his Deathbed
George Washington on his deathbed, 14 December 1799, oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1851.
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio.
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Frontspiece to Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, 1773
Frontspiece to Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773, by the artist Scipio Moorhead (active 1773-1775).
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
