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Judah ha-Levi

Hebrew poet

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Isaac ben Solomon Luria

Jewish mystic

Ibn Gabirol

Ibn Gabirol

Jewish poet and philosopher

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Saʿadia ben Joseph

Jewish exegete and philosopher

Rashi, from a French postage stamp.

Rashi

French religious scholar

Haim Naḥman Bialik.

Haim Naḥman Bialik

Russian-Jewish writer

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Elijah Bokher Levita

Italian grammarian

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Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Amos Oz

Amos Oz

Israeli author

S.Y. Agnon

S.Y. Agnon

Israeli author

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Moses ibn Ezra

Spanish-Jewish poet

Reuchlin, Johannes

Johannes Reuchlin

German humanist

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Mendele Moykher Sforim

Russian-Jewish author

Amichai, Yehuda

Yehuda Amichai

Israeli author

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Uri Zvi Greenberg

Israeli poet

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Dunash Ben Labrat

Hebrew poet

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Joseph Kimhi

European grammarian

Goldfaden, Avrom

Avrom Goldfaden

Jewish author

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Israeli author

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Gabriel Preil

American 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