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- Addison, Joseph
- Joseph Addison (1672) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Addison, the Humorist, by M.O.W. Oliphant
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. - Wikipedia
- Arnold, Sir Edwin
- A Happy Hour with Sir Edwin Arnold, by Clement Scott
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1895A)
- Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI (1832-1904) was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work The Light of Asia. - Wikipedia
- Barbauld, Anne Letitia Aikin
- Mrs. Barbauld, by H. Barton Baker
(Argosy, 1881)
- A prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature.
- Burns, Robert
- The Line of Robert Burns, by J. Munro
(The Strand, 1895A)
- The Centenary of Robert Burns, by Alexander Cargill
(The Strand, 1896B)
- BURNS: The Other Side of Robert Burns, by Arthur Warren (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)
- Byron, Lord
- Biographical Memoir of Lord Byron
(Godey's, 1833)
- Campbell, John
- The Home of a Highland Poet, by Edward Bradbury
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
- Reminiscences of an Octogenerian
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- The author looks back on his experiences with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Wilkes.
- Ten Letters from Coleridge to Southey, by S.T. Coleridge
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- Cowper, William
- William Cowper (1731) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Dante
- Notes on the Exile of Dante, by James Herbert Morse
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Dante, the Poet Illustrated Out of the Poem, by Christina Rossetti
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Portraits of Dante, by Sarah Freeman Clarke
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Oliver Goldsmith
(Demorest, 1879)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Hemans, Felicia
- Mrs. Hemans, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1889)
- Herbert, George
- George Herbert, by William Cowan
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Christian poet, born 1593.
- Keats, John
- Keats, by Edmund C. Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Appreciation of Keats by His Friends
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Keats in Hampstead, by Kenyon West
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- The Influence of Keats, by Henry van Dyke
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Keats: The True Grecian, by Sarson C.J. Ingham
(Girl's Own Paper, 1897)
- Khayyam, Omar
- A Persian Poet, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Lamb, Charles
- Some Letters of Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- An Unpublished Letter of Charles Lamb
(The Strand, 1891B)
- A letter from author Charles Lamb (essayist, poet and antiquarian) to a John Chambers, written in 1817 and chiefly concerning food.
- Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, by Lizzie Lewis
(Demorest, 1880)
- English poet and novelist.
- Milton
- Milton
(Godey's, 1833)
- Three Portraits of Milton, by the Ven. Archdeacon Farrar, DD
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- Portraits of John Milton as a child, a young man, and at age 62.
- Milton (1608) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Montgomery, James
- James Montgomery (1771) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- More, Thomas
- Thomas More, the Irish Poet: A Centennial Commemoration, by Eliza Clarke
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)
- Newcastle, Margaret Duchess of
- Two Dead Flowers, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1880)
- Poets during the period of the Restoration.
- Norton, Mrs.
- Mrs. Norton
(Godey's, 1833)
- Philips, Catherine
- Two Dead Flowers, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1880)
- Poets during the period of the Restoration.
- Rogers, Samuel
- Samuel Rogers
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Schiller, Johann Friedrich
- Johann Friedrich Schiller, by Lydia M. Millard
(Demorest, 1880)
- German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright.
- Southey
- Southey (1774) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Spenser, Edmund
- Edmund Spenser (1552) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Thomson, James
- James Thomson (1700) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Vaughan, Henry
- Henry Vaughan the Silurist, by Louise Imogen Guiney
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- A 17th-century Welsh poet.
- White, Henry Kirke
- Henry Kirke White (1785) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- Wordsworth
- Wordsworth (1770) - Our Poets' Corner
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
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