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- Herbert Kaufman
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. [Wikipedia]
- (1878 - 1947) American newspaper editor, reported and columnist
- John Keats
. {34}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1795 - 1821) Influential English Romantic Poet
- H. G. Keene
. {1}
- (1825 - 1915) English Indian Historian
- from Peepul Leaves [1879]:
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The Taj by H.G. Keene (BB)
- Henry Kendall
. {1}
- (1839 - 1882) Australian Poet
- Francis Scott Key
. {1}
- (1779 - 1843) American Lawyer and poet
- Aline (Murray) Kilmer
. {79}
- (1888 - 1941) American Poet, Essayist and Childrens Book Author
- Joyce Kilmer
. {1}
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- Henry King
. {6}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1592-1669) English Poet, Bishop of Chichester
- Ben King [Benjamin Franklin King Jr.]
. {3}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1857 - 1894) American poet and parodist
- Charles Kingsley
. {7}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1819 - 1875) English Professor, Poet, Clergyman, Historian and Novelist
- Coates Kinney
. {1}
- (1826 - 1904) American Lawyer
- [Joseph] Rudyard Kipling
. {34}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1865 - 1936) English Author, Poet, born in India, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature
- James H. Knight-Adkin
. {2}
- Kent Knowlton
. {1}
- William Knox
. {1}
- (1789- 1825) Scots Farmer and Alcoholic
- Alfred Kreymborg
. {5}
. [Wikipedia]
- (1883 - 1966) American poet, playwright, editor, anthologist, puppeteer and chess master; president of ASCAP
- Charles Lamb
. {5}
- (1775 - 1834) English Essayist
- Archibald Lampman
. {5}
- (1861-1899) Canadian Romantic Poet
- L.E.L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
. {3}
- (1802 - 1838) English Poet
- Walter Savage Landor
. {16}
- (1775 - 1864) English Poet and Author
- Andrew Lang
. {5}
- (March 31st,1844 - 1912) Scottish Historian, Mythologist, and Translator
- Sidney Lanier
. {9}
- (1842-1881) American Poet
- George T. Lanigan
. {1}
- (1846-1886) Canadian poet
- D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
. {7}
- (1885 - 1930) English Author, Poet
- Daniel Luther Lawrence
. {1}
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- Emma Lazarus
. {3}
- (1849 - 1887) American Poet, Essayist
- Mary Leapor
. {1}
- (1722 - 1746) English Poet
- Edward Lear
. {4}
- (1812 - 1888) English Artist, Nonsense Poet
- Walter Learned
. {5}
- (1847 - 1915) American Poet, Translator, Editor, and Banker
- Louis V. Ledoux
. {2}
- (1880 - 1948) American Collector of Japanese Art Prints
- Francis Ledwidge
. {5}
- (1887 - 1917) Irish poet
- Agnes Lee
. {1}
- (? - 1939) American Poet
- Eugene Lee-Hamilton
. {3}
- (1845 - 1907) English Poet
- Joseph Lee
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- Richard Le Gallienne
. {2}
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- Henry Sambrooke Leigh
. {2}
- (1837 - 1883) English Translator, Writer of Light Verse
- Sir Roger L'Estrange
. {1}
- (1616-1704) English journalist and propagandist
- Winifred Mary Letts
. {4}
- (1882 - 1936) Irish poet
- Amy Levy
. {3}
- (1861 - 1889) English Poet
- Abraham Lincoln
. {1}
- (1809 - 1865) American Storekeeper, Postmaster, Surveyor, Lawyer, Legislator, and 16th US President
- [Nicholas] Vachel Lindsay
. {21}
- (1879 - 1931) American Poet and Vagabond
- Frederick Locker-Lampson
. {7}
- (1821 - 1895) English Gentleman
- Thomas Lodge
. {4}
- (1558 - 1625) English Dramatist, Translator and Pirate
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
. {78}
- (1807 - 1882) American Poet, professor of Language at Harvard
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The Song of Hiawatha (complete) [1855]
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Hiawatha's Departure, from The Song of Hiawatha
(there is an excellent song version of this on the album Incantations by Michael Oldfield)
- From Voices of the Night [1839]
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A Psalm of Life "...Lives of great men all remind us..."
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Hymn to the Night
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The Reaper and the Flowers (BB)
- From Ballads and Other Poems [1841]
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The Skeleton in Armor "...There from the flowing bowl
Deep drinks the warriors's soul..."
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Excelsior (BB)
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The Wreck of the Hesperus (BB)
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The Village Blacksmith "Under a spreading chestnet-tree
the village smithy stands..."
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Endymion
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The Rainy Day "...Into each life some rain must fall..."
- From The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems [1845]
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The Belfrey of Bruges "..Visions of the days departed,
shadowy phantoms filled my brain..."
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The Day is Done "...and the darkness Falls from the
wings of Night..."
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The Arrow and the Song "I shot an arrow into the air,
it fell to earth I know not where..."
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The Bridge
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Curfew
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The Arsenal at Springfield (BB)
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Drinking Song (BB)
- From The Seaside and the Fireside [1846]
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The Builders "All are architects of fate..." (FB)
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Evangeline "This is the forest primeval..." [1847]
- From Birds of Passage, Flight the First [1858]
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Birds of Passage
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Daybreak
- From Birds of Passage, Flight the Second [1863]
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The Children's Hour (BB)
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Snow-Flakes "...Silent, and soft, and slow, Descends
the snow..."
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Something Left Undone
- From Tales of a Wayside Inn [1863]
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Paul Revere's Ride (The Landlord's Tale)
- From Birds of Passage, Flight the Third [1873]
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Fata Morgana
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Changed
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Aftermath
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The Meeting "...The tree of life has been shaken, And but a few of us linger now..."
- From A Book of Sonnets [1875]
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The Sound of the Sea
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Nature (BB)
- From Ultima Thule [1880]
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The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
- From In the Harbor: Ultima Thule Part II [1882]
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Moonlight
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Sundown
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Autumn Within
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Memories
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Loss and Gain
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A Fragment
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O Ship of State (JL)
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My Lost Youth (JH)
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Holidays (NM)
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The Galaxy (NM)
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The Cumberland [1862] (BB)
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The Poet's Calendar (NM)
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The Emperor's Bird's Nest (BB)
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Retribution
- Richard Lovelace
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- (1618 - 1657) English Poet, Soldier
- from Lucasta: [1649]
modernized versions:
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To Althea, from Prison
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To Lucasta, Going to the Wars (CK)
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To Lucasta, From Prison (BB)
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The Scrutiny (NM)
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To Amarantha, That She Would Dishevel Her Hair (NM)
- in traditional spelling:
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Dedication
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To Lucasta. Going Beyond the Seas
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To Lucasta. Going Beyond the Warres
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To Aramantha; That She Would Dishevel Her Hair
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Sonnet: Depose your finger of that ring
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To Lucasta. The Rose
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Sonnet: When I by thy faire shape did sweare
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Lucasta Weeping
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To Lucasta, From Prison
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To Lucasta
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Upon the Curtain of Lucasta's Picture, It was Thus Wrought
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Lucasta's World
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To Ellinda, That Lately I Have Not Written
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To Chloe, Courting Her for His Friend
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Gratiana Dancing and Singing
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The Scrutinie
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The Vintage to the Dungeon
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To Althea, from Prison
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To His Fairest Valentine, Mrs. A.L.
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The Faire Begger
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To Lucasta. Her Reserved Looks
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Lucasta Laughing
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Love Inthron'd
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To Lucasta. I laugh and sing
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To Lucasta. Like the Sentinel Stars
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The Ant
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Song: Strive not, vain lover
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Courante Monsieur
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Song: In mine one monument I lye
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Another
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The Snayl
- Amy Lowell
. {75}
- (1874 - 1925) American Poet, Editor, and Critic, winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize
- James Russell Lowell
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- (1819 - 1891) American Poet, Essayist, and Diplomat
- Edward Verrall Lucas
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- (1868 - 1938) English Essayist
- John Lyly
. {2}
- (1554 - 1606) English Dramatist
- Henry F.Lyte
. {1}
- (1793 - 1847) Scottish Hymnist
- William Haines Lytle
. {1}
- (1826 - 1863) American Lawyer, Legislator, Union General, killed at the Battle of Chickamauga
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