1839 in poetry
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William Wordsworth, reproduced from Margaret Gillies' 1839 original
1922 in poetry
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Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
1839 in poetry
…February 9 - Laura Redden Searing (died 1923), deaf American poet and journalist March 16 - John Butler Yeats (died 1922), Irish artist and poet, father of W. B. Yeats April 18 - Henry Kendall (died 1882), Australian…
1922 portrait, Anna Akhmatova