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Old-poets matching 'W' by name

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  1. a Beckett, Sir William   Oceania. Born: 1806, Died: 1869, 1 poems.
  2. Abrahamson, W H F   European. Born: 1744, Died: 1812, 3 poems.
  3. al-Mustakfi, Walladah   European. Born: 1011, Died: 1091, 3 poems.
  4. Alexander, Sir William   English. Born: 1567, Died: 1640, 161 poems.
    He was a member of the court of King James Vi. In 1621 he was granted land(s) in Canada, which he worked to colonize and named New Scotland or Nova Scotia.
  5. Alexander, Archbishop William   English. Born: 1824, Died: 1911, 109 poems.
  6. Allen Jr, William   Americas. Born: 1889, Died: 1949, 22 poems.
  7. Allingham, William   English. Born: 1824, Died: 1889, 51 poems.
    William Allingham loved poetry, he loved Ireland and particularly his native Donegal. He used his words so well to convey his feelings and to give us images of Ireland and the lives of people.
  8. Allston, Washington   Americas. Born: 1779, Died: 1843, 27 poems.
    American painter and author, b. Georgetown co., S.C. After graduating from Harvard (1800), where he composed music and wrote poetry (published in 1813 as The Sylphs of the Seasons), Allston went to London and there studied painting with Benjamin West
  9. Andrewes, Walter   English. Born: 1913, Died: 1980 (modern), 1 poems.
  10. Arensberg, Walter Conrad   Americas. Born: 1878, Died: 1954, 5 poems.
    Mr. Arensberg had been active in the new movement in poetry and was one of the group who contributed to the yearly collection called "Others". He is the author of "Idols", 1916.
  11. Auden, W H   English. Born: 1907, Died: 1973 (modern), 114 poems.
    he has been admired for his unsurpassed technical virtuosity and an ability to write poems in nearly every imaginable verse form
  12. Aytoun, William Edmondstoune   English. Born: 1813, Died: 1865, 19 poems.
    William Edmondstoune Aytoun is remembered today for his brilliant parody Firmilian; or, The Student of Badajoz. A Spasmodic Tragedy (1854), rather than for his more serious writings. Begun as an attempt to define and demolish the contemporary "Spasmo
  13. Babcock, William H   Americas. Born: 1849, Died: 1922, 4 poems.
  14. Baldwin, William   English. Born: 1515, Died: 1563, 21 poems.
  15. Barlow, Bishop William   English. Born: 1500, Died: 1568, 10 poems.
  16. Barnard, William   9 poems.
  17. Barnes, William   English. Born: 1801, Died: 1886, 27 poems.
    "There is no doubt that he is the best pastoral poet we possess, the most sincere, the most genuine, the most theocritan; and that the dialect is but a very thin veil hiding from us some of the most delicate and finished verse written in our time."
  18. Baron, William   English. Born: 1865, Died: 1927, 39 poems.
  19. Basse, William   English. Born: 1580, Died: 1654, 26 poems.
  20. Baylebridge, William   Oceania. Born: 1883, Died: 1942, 10 poems.
    Born in Brisbane in 1883. He published many limited editions of his poetry and constantly revised and republished many of his poems.
  21. Benet, William Rose   Americas. Born: 1886, Died: 1950, 13 poems.
  22. Bennett, William Cox   English. Born: 1820, Died: 1895, 3 poems.
  23. Berman, Wallace   Americas. Born: 1926, Died: 1976 (modern), 4 poems.
  24. Bilderdijk, Willem   European. Born: 1756, Died: 1831, 4 poems.
  25. Billington, William   English. Born: 1825, Died: 1884, 65 poems.
    Called the Blackburn poet for his portrayal of the conditions of the workers in Blackburn during the American Revolution which caused great cotton shortages in the Uk and in turn unemployment problems.
  26. Blair, Wilfrid   English. Born: 1889, Died: 1968 (modern), 1 poems.
  27. Blake, William   English. Born: 1757, Died: 1827, 126 poems.
    Williams Blakes poetry is often elaboratly symbolic, mysterious and spiritual. Upon his death in 1827, Wordsworth said, "There is no doubt that this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the
  28. Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen   English. Born: 1840, Died: 1922, 441 poems.
    Second son of Francis Blunt and born into an old Sussex family. When he was eighteen he entered the British diplomatic corps and he worked in Athens, Constantinople, Frankfort, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris and Argentina.
  29. Bokusui, Wakayama   Asian. Born: 1885, Died: 1928, 1 poems.
  30. Bosworth, William   English. Born: 1607, Died: 1650, 6 poems.
  31. Bowles, Reverend William   English. Born: 1762, Died: 1850, 133 poems.
    His sonnets by their grace of expression, melodious versification, tender tone of feeling and vivid appreciation of the life and beauty of nature, stood out in strong contrast to the elaborated commonplaces which at that time formed the bulk of Engli
  32. Bradford, William   Americas. Born: 1590, Died: 1657, 7 poems.
  33. Bradley, William Aspinwall   Americas. Born: 1878, Died: 1939, 2 poems.
  34. Braithwaite, William Stanley   Americas. Born: 1878, Died: 1962 (modern), 19 poems.
  35. Bronk, William   Americas. Born: 1918, Died: 1999 (modern), 1 poems.
  36. Brooks, Walter R   Americas. Born: 1886, Died: 1958 (modern), 1 poems.
  37. Broome, William   English. Born: 1689, Died: 1745, 2 poems.
  38. Browne, William   English. Born: 1591, Died: 1643, 44 poems.
    Best known for being the author of "Pastoral Verse," which inspired both Milton and Keats.
  39. Bryant, William Cullen   Americas. Born: 1794, Died: 1878, 139 poems.
  40. Burleigh, William   Americas. Born: 1812, Died: 1871, 1 poems.
  41. Busch, Wilhelm   European. Born: 1832, Died: 1908, 9 poems.
    Wilhelm Busch, painter, early cartoonist, and most beloved of all German poets
  42. Bynner, Witter   English. Born: 1881, Died: 1968 (modern), 25 poems.
  43. Byrd, William   English. Born: 1543, Died: 1623, 1 poems.
    Byrd was the most distinguished contrapuntist and the most prolific composer of his time in England.
  44. Byrne, William A   1 poems.
  45. Campbell, William Wilfred   Americas. Born: 1861, Died: 1918, 33 poems.
    First two volumes of verse were Sunshine and Snowflakes (1888), and Lake Lyrics (1889).
  46. Canton, William   English. Born: 1845, Died: 1926, 18 poems.
  47. Carleton, Will McKendree   Americas. Born: 1845, Died: 1912, 26 poems.
  48. Carmichael, Waverley   2 poems.
  49. Carruth, William Herbert   Americas. Born: 1859, Died: 1924, 9 poems.
  50. Cartwright, William   English. Born: 1611, Died: 1643, 6 poems.
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