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THE WORDS OF BEAUTY AND TIME Poets of the Times Evan Sauve

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William Shakespeare My birthdate is unknown, but it was around 1564. I was born in Warwickshire, England. My works include: All The Worlds a Stage Witches Chant Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind But you probably know me for my playwriting. I wrote Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

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William Blake I was born November 28 th, 1757 in London, England. My works include: Milton Songs of Innocence and of Experience The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Robbie Burns I was born January 25 th, 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. My works include: To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough Ae fond Kiss and then we sever Halloween

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Edgar Allan Poe I was born January 19 th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. My works include: Al Araaaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Ultalume The Raven and Other Poems

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Emily Dickinson I was born December 10 th, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. My works include: If I Can Stop Behind me Dips Eternity Hope is the Thing with Feathers

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Robert Frost I was born March 26 th, 1874 in San Francisco, California. My works include: A Boys Will After Apple-Picking Mending Wall

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Shel Silverstein I was born September 25 th, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. My works include: Bear in There Ickle Me, Tickle Me, Pickle Me Too The Giving Tree (childrens book)

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Maya Angelou I was born April 4 th, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri. My works include: Seven Autobiographies Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water fore I Dillie (collection of poems) On the Pulse of the Morning (poem)