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The Poetry of John Wilmot
"Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was born at Ditchley House in Oxfordshire on April 1st 1647. His father was created Earl of Rochester for his services to Charles II including helping him escape to exile. From the age of 7 John was privately tutored and two years later attended school in Burford. ...
The Poetry Of Thomas Chatterton - Vol 2
"It is my pride, my damn'd, native, unconquerable pride, that plunges me into distraction."
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Thomas Chatterton was born on November 20th, 1752 in Bristol. Somewhat lonely as a child his consuming interest was the contents of several chests of books, parchments and documents in the church at St Mary Redcliff of which his family was sexton. By the age of twelve he had written “Elinoure and...
A Woman Of The World
"Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children. She began to write as a child and by the time she graduated was already well known as a poet throughout Wisconsin. Regarded more as a popular poet than a literary poet her most famous work ‘Solitude’...
by Archibald Lampman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Archibald Lampman was born on November 17th 1861 at Morpeth, Ontario in Canada. Perhaps the finest Canadian Poet of his time he is classed as a Confederation Poet. A lover of camping it inspired much of his verse and helped him to become known as The Canadian Keats. Most of his poems are about the...
The Poetry of William Cullen Bryant - Volume 1
"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...
The Poetry of William Cullen Bryant - Volume 2 - The Later Poems
“Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.”
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...
The Poetry Of Andrew Marvell
"Thus, though we cannot make our sun, Stand still, yet we will make him run."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In 1661 Marvell was re-elected MP for Hull in the Cavalier Parliament. He eventually came to write several long and bitterly satirical verses against the corruption of the court. Although circulated in manuscript form, some finding anonymous publication in print, they were too politically sensitive and...
The Poetry Of Thomas Chatterton - Vol 3
"You must know that 19-20th of my composition is pride."
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Thomas Chatterton was born on November 20th, 1752 in Bristol. Somewhat lonely as a child his consuming interest was the contents of several chests of books, parchments and documents in the church at St Mary Redcliff of which his family was sexton. By the age of twelve he had written “Elinoure and...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Lucy Fitch Perkins was forty-eight when she was approached by a publisher friend who, impressed by her talents as both an illustrator and writer, which he knew through correspondence, urged her to write. He was so earnest that she thought of an idea for a children’s book the next morning, and she immediately...