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Ancient Roman mosaic showing the poet Virgil seated and writing, flanked by the muses Clio and Melpomene, displayed in a decorative border. Two-page spread from Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, a book containing three works by Virgil, printed by Pierre l'aîné Didot, 1798. Figure 16: English typography, 18th century. (Right) A page from John Baskerville's Virgil, printed in Cambridge in 1757. Virgil
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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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
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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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How has Odysseus (or Ulysses) been represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages?
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Mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene
Virgil (centre) holding a scroll with a quotation from the Aeneid and flanked...
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Two-page spread from Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, a book containing three...
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Figure 16: English typography, 18th century. (Right) A page from John Baskerville's...
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Virgil (centre) holding a scroll with a quotation from the Aeneid, with...
Courtesy of the Musée Le Bardo, Tunis
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