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- William Ross Wallace
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- (1819-1881)
- Edmund Waller
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- (1606-1687) English Poet and Politician
- William Walsh
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- (1663 - 1708) English Poet and Critic; friend of Alexander Pope
- Izaak Walton
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- (1593 - 1683) English Biographer and Angler
- Wang Seng-Ju
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- (6th Century) Chinese Poet (Tang Dynasty)
- C. Henry Warren
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- Joseph Warton
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- (1722 - 1800) English poet and scholar; editor of Pope's works; brother of Thomas Warton
- Thomas Warton
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- (1728 - 1790) English critic; Poet laureate from 1785
- Gilbert Waterhouse
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- (1888 - ?) English Linguist
- Sir William Watson
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- (1858 - 1935) English Poet
- Alaric Alexander Watts
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- (1797 - 1864) English Anthologist
- Isaac Watts
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- (1674 - 1748) English Churchman and Hymnist
- Charles H. Webb ('John Paul')
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- (1834 - 1905) American Poet
- Cornelius Webb
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- (1790? - 1850?) English Poet and Essayist
- John Webster
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- (1580 - 1625) English Poet
- Amelia B. Welby
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- American Poet
- Carolyn Wells
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- (1869 - 1942) American poet and anthologist; known particularly for her anthologies of nonsense verse.
- Edith Wharton
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- (1862 - 1937) American Poet and Novelist
- Phillis Wheatley
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- (1753? - 1784), American Poet, born in Senegal; abducted and pressed into slavery; first African American to publish a volume of literature
- Edward Jewitt Wheeler
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- (1859 - 1922) American Editor
- John Hall Wheelock
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- (1886 - 1978) American Poet
- Gilbert White
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- (1720 - 1793) Minister and Naturalist
- Joseph Blanco White (José Maria Blanco)
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- (1775 - 1841) Spanish-born English theologician
- William Whitehead
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- (1715 - 1785) English dramatist; Succeeded Cibber as poet laureate in 1757
- James Monroe Whitfield
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- (1822-1871) African American spokesperson
- William Whiting
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- (1825 - 1878) English Educator
- Walt Whitman
. {26}
- (1819 - 1892) American Poet
- John Greenleaf Whittier
. {10}
- (1807 - 1892) American Poet, sometimes called The Quaker Poet
- George John Whyte-Melville
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- (1821 - 1878) Scots Soldier and Novelist
- Anna Wickham
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- (1884 - 1947) English Poet and Critic
- Michael Wigglesworth
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- (1631 - 1705) American Poet
- Carlos Wilcox
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- (1794 - 1827) American Poet
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
. {37}
- (1850 - 1919) American Journalist, Poet, Activist
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- Jane Francesca Lady Wilde ('Speranza')
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- (1821 - 1896) Irish Nationalist, Poet, Editor, and mother of Oscar
- Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde
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- (1854-1900) Irish Playwright, Poet, Lecturer, Essayist, and Humorist
- Richard Henry Wilde
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- (1789 - 1847) Irish-born American poet, scholar, and prominent New Orleans lawyer
- William Carlos Williams
. {69}
- (1883 - 1963) American Physician, Author, Poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1963
- Nathaniel Parker Willis
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- (1806-1867) American Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Journalist, and Editor
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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- (1647-1680) English Poet and Courtier
- Alexander Wilson
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- (1766 - 1813) Scottish-born American poet, weaver and peddler, teacher, encyclopedia editor, and ornithologist; published American Ornithology in 9 volumes.
- T. P. [Theodore Percival] Cameron Wilson
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- (1889 - 1918) English Writer
- William Winter
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- (Jul 15, 1836-Jun 30, 1917) American poet, stage historian and influential drama critic for the New York Tribune for 44 years; wrote numerous volumes of biography of American actors and of history of American stage; he was encouraged in poetry by Longfellow and Thomas Bailey Aldrich while in his twenties, and published volumes of poetry throughout his life.
- George Wither
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- (1588 - 1667) English Poet and Soldier
- P. G. Wodehouse
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- (1881 - 1976) English Humorist
- John Wolcot ("Peter Pindar")
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- (1738 - 1819) English Satirist
- Humbert Wolfe
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- Charles Wolfe
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- (1791 - 1823) Irish Anglican Clergyman
- George Edward Woodberry
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- (1855-1930) American Poet and Critic (America in Literature)
- Samuel Woodworth
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- (1785-1842) American Poet
- Constance Fenimore Woolson
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- (1840 - 1894) American Poet
- Dorothy Wordsworth
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- (1771 - 1855) William's Sister and Companion
- William Wordsworth
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- (1770 - 1850), England's Poet Laureate from 1843-1850
- Sir Henry Wotton
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- (1568 - 1639) English Poet
- Willard Huntington Wright
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- (1888-1939) English Mystery Writer (as S.S. Van Dine)
- Sir Thomas Wyatt
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- (1503? - 1542) English Poet
- Elinor Wylie
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- (1885 - 1928) American Poet, Lyracist, Author
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