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Born	c.1320 • Wales
Buried	c.1360 • Wales

Evan Evans

Welsh poet

Huw Morys

Welsh poet

William Williams

British religious leader

Goronwy Owen

British poet

Thomas Gwynn Jones, oil painting by Evan Walters, 1945; in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

T. Gwynn Jones

Welsh poet

Morris-Jones, oil painting by Christopher Williams, 1924; in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

Sir John Morris-Jones

Welsh author, scholar, and educator

Taliesin

Welsh poet

Owain Cyfeiliog

Welsh prince and poet

Aneirin

Welsh poet

John Jones

Welsh poet [1766-1821]

William John Gruffydd

Welsh poet

Lewis Glyn Cothi

Welsh poet

John Ceiriog Hughes

Welsh poet

John Blackwell

Welsh author

William Thomas

British poet

Fardd, detail of an engraving by Samuel Bellin, 1851, after a painting by Evan Williams

Eben Fardd

Welsh poet

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

Welsh poet

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd

Welsh warrior-prince and poet

Siôn Cent

Welsh poet

Dafydd Nanmor

Welsh poet

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

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

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