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Detail of an undated broadside ballad distributed in Boston following the execution of Levi Ames for burglary and intended to warn “thoughtless Youth.”

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Nick Cave, wearing a pinstripe jacket and white shirt, poses at the premiere of Lawless with a neutral expression against a backdrop with logos and partial red text.

Nick Cave

Australian singer-songwriter and screenwriter

Sadler, Barry

Barry Sadler

American soldier, songwriter, and author

Johnny Mathis, wearing a light gray suit, holds a microphone and sings on stage against a dark background.

Johnny Mathis

American singer

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Leonard Cohen

Canadian musician and author

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Stephen Foster

American composer

Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

British clergyman and writer

Richard Tarlton, woodcut, 1588

Richard Tarlton

British actor and ballad writer

Charles Brown smiling and wearing a light-colored suit, posed at a piano with one hand on the keys in a black and white portrait.

Charles Brown

American singer

Sir Harry Lauder.

Sir Harry Lauder

Scottish entertainer

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Henry Carey

British writer and musician

Butt, Dame Clara

Dame Clara Butt

British singer

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Donagh MacDonagh

Irish author

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Johann Zumsteeg

German composer and conductor

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Richard Johnson

English author

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Alicia Cockburn

Scottish author

Loewe, Carl

Carl Loewe

German composer

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Elias Lönnrot

Finnish folklorist

Landstad, Magnus Brostrup

Magnus Brostrup Landstad

Norwegian poet

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Ginés Pérez de Hita

Spanish author

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Anders Sørensen Vedel

Danish historian

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

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

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