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Hiëronymus Bosch: The Temptation of Saint Anthony

St. Anthony of Egypt

Egyptian monk

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Macarius the Egyptian

Egyptian monk

St. Pachomius

St. Pachomius

Egyptian monk

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Athanasius I

patriarch of Constantinople

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Shenute

Egyptian religious reformer

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Saint Sarapion

Egyptian monk

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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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:

Poetry: First Lines