Tag: Poets
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Ode on a Distance Prospect of Eton College by Thomas Gray
Ye distant spires, ye antique tow’rs, That crown the wat’ry glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry’s holy Shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor’s heights th’ expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowr’s among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way. Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields belov’d in […]
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the most important poets in British history and has been established as one of the most significant political poets during the renaissance period. He was born in Hayes Barton, Devonshire to a protestant family by Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was involved in several military expeditions from his […]
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is regarded as one of the finest poets in Canada. Born November 18 1939 in Ottawa Canada and obtained her Bachelors of Art at Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her Masters of Art degree at Radcliff College in Cambridge Massachusetts. She has published several books of poetry, Essays, short stories […]