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71Not Waving but Drowning — is a poem by British poet Stevie Smith published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title.[1] The work, the most famous of Smith s poems,[2] describes a man whose distressed thrashing in the sea causes onlookers to believe that he is… …
72Deor — For the character of J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium, see Déor. Deor (or The Lament of Deor ) is an Old English poem found in the late 10th century collection[1] the Exeter Book. The poem consists of the lament of the scop Deor, who lends his name …
73The Hop-Garden — by Christopher Smart was first published in Poems on Several Occasions, 1752 . The poem is rooted the Virgilian georgic and Augustan literature; it is one of the first long poems published by Smart. The poem is literally about a hop garden, and,… …
74The Vanity of Human Wishes — The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated is a 1749 poem by the English author Samuel Johnson. [Johnson 1971] It was completed while Johnson was busy writing A Dictionary of the English Language and it was the first… …
75Milton, John — born Dec. 9, 1608, London, Eng. died Nov. 8, 1674, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire English poet. A brilliant youth, Milton attended Cambridge University (1625–32), where he wrote poems in Latin, Italian, and English; these included L Allegro… …
76Tim Burton — Infobox actor name = Tim Burton imagesize = 200px birthname = Timothy William Burton birthdate = birth date and age|1958|08|25 location = Burbank, California yearsactive =1971–present spouse = Lena Gieseke (1989–1991) domesticpartner = Lisa Marie …
77Ray Buttigieg — Ray Buttigiegis a poet and musician born on Gozo, the second largest island of the Maltese Islands on May 1, 1955.He attended Qala primary school, then the Lyceum in Victoria, Gozo. He then moved to the United States and continued his studies in… …
78Iordan Chimet — Chimet s memorial plaque in Titan, Bucharest Born November 18, 1924(1924 11 18) Galaţi Died …
79A Song to David — by Christopher Smart was most likely written during his stay in a mental asylum while he wrote Jubilate Agno . Although it received mixed reviews, it was his most famous work until the discovery of Jubilate Agno . The poem focuses on King David… …
80BIALIK, ḤAYYIM NAḤMAN — (1873–1934), the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times, essayist, storywriter, translator, and editor, who exercised a profound influence on modern Jewish culture. Born in the village of Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Bialik s development as a… …
