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  1. Alexander, Robert Jocelyn   English. 1 poems.
  2. Allison, Richard   English. 1 poems.
  3. Alves, Robert   English. Born: 1745, Died: 1801, 8 poems.
  4. Ames, Richard   English. Born: 1643, Died: 1693, 22 poems.
  5. Anderson, Robert   English. Born: 1770, Died: 1833, 300 poems.
  6. Andros, Richard   Americas. Died: 1868, 5 poems.
  7. Anton, Robert   English. Born: 1516, Died: 1610, 9 poems.
  8. Arcos, Rene   European. 1 poems.
  9. Arkell, Reginald   English. Born: 1872, Died: 1959 (modern), 2 poems.
  10. Armin, Robert   English. Born: 1565, Died: 1610, 2 poems.
  11. Armour, Richard   Americas. Born: 1906, Died: 1989 (modern), 7 poems.
  12. Auslander, Rose   European. Born: 1901, Died: 1988 (modern), 4 poems.
  13. Aytoun, Sir Robert   English. Born: 1570, Died: 1638, 3 poems.
    Robert Aytoun's career marks the progress of a poet of Scotland and England at the union of the crowns in 1603, when King James Vi of Scotland became King James I of England. Aytoun's verses record his own political advancement, contemporary politics
  14. Bacchelli, Riccardo   European. Born: 1891, Died: 1985 (modern), 0 poems.
  15. Balkhi, Rabeha   Asian. 1 poems.
  16. Barham, Richard Harris   English. Born: 1785, Died: 1845, 25 poems.
    He sat up because he found, as the morning advanced, his ideas flowed more freely, and his mental energies became in every way more active than at any other period of the twenty-four hours.
  17. Barnefield, Richard   English. Born: 1574, Died: 1627, 7 poems.
    His obscure though close relationship with Shakespeare has long made him interesting to students and has attracted of late years further attention from the circumstance that important disc~veries regarding his life have been made.
  18. Basri, Rabia   Asian. Born: 717, Died: 801, 4 poems.
    One of the most famous Islamic mystics was a woman: Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (c.717-801). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis.
  19. Baumbach, Rudolf   European. Born: 1840, Died: 1905, 1 poems.
  20. Baxter, Richard   English. Born: 1615, Died: 1691, 3 poems.
    Richard Baxter was an English Puritan church leader, divine scholar and controversialist, called by Dean Stanley "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".
  21. Bedford, Ruth   Oceania. Born: 1882, Died: 1963 (modern), 1 poems.
    Ruth Bedford was a member of the well connected Anglo-Australian Stephen family.
  22. Belleau, Remy   European. Born: 1528, Died: 1577, 1 poems.
    For his early  Petites Inventions (1556) Ronsard called him the Peintre de la nature.  
  23. Benjamin, Robert C O   Americas. Born: 1855, Died: 1900, 18 poems.
  24. Bieston, Roger   English. Born: 1500, Died: 1600, 2 poems.
  25. Billinger, Richard   European. Born: 1893, Died: 1965 (modern), 1 poems.
  26. Binyon, Robert Laurence   English. Born: 1869, Died: 1943, 399 poems.
    The poems Binyon wrote during the First World War were collected in "The Four Years" and published in 1919
  27. Birchensha, Ralph   English. Born: 1550, Died: 1650, 1 poems.
  28. Blackmore, Richard Doddridge   English. Born: 1825, Died: 1900, 9 poems.
  29. Blackmur, Richard P   Americas. Born: 1904, Died: 1965 (modern), 3 poems.
  30. Blair, Minister Robert   English. Born: 1699, Died: 1746, 2 poems.
    His only considerable work, The Grave (1743), is a poem written in blank verse of great vigour and freshness, and is much less conventional than its gloomy subject might lead one to expect.
  31. Blakeborough, Richard   English. Born: 1850, Died: 1918, 8 poems.
  32. Blanco Fombona, Rufino   Americas. Born: 1874, Died: 1944, 4 poems.
  33. Bland, Robert   English. Born: 1779, Died: 1825, 0 poems.
  34. Bloomfield, Robert   English. Born: 1766, Died: 1823, 50 poems.
  35. Bluwstien, Rahel   European. Born: 1890, Died: 1931, 2 poems.
    Rahel's poetry expounded on the beauty of the land of Israel--but it was a tragedy in space that gave one of her poems renewed attention.
  36. Boldrewood, Rolf   Oceania. Born: 1826, Died: 1915, 2 poems.
    Rolf Boldrewood was the psuedonym for Thomas Alexander Browne, essayist, poet and novelist whose most influencial work was 'Robbery under Arms.' first printed in 1888 .
  37. Bowen, Robert Adger   Americas. Born: 1868, Died: 1972 (modern), 1 poems.
  38. Brathwait, Richard   English. Born: 1588, Died: 1673, 1 poems.
  39. Brautigan, Richard   Americas. Born: 1935, Died: 1982 (modern), 57 poems.
    In the late 1960's, Brautigan began to gain popularity and during this time, published several of his most popular works
  40. Bridges, Robert   Americas. Born: 1858, Died: 1941, 6 poems.
  41. Bridges, Robert Seymour   English. Born: 1844, Died: 1930, 39 poems.
    English poet noted for his technical mastery of prosody and for his sponsorship of the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins.
  42. Brinkmann, Rolf   European. Born: 1940, Died: 1975 (modern), 0 poems.
  43. Brome, Richard   English. Born: 1590, Died: 1652, 2 poems.
  44. Brooke, Rupert   English. Born: 1887, Died: 1915, 98 poems.
    Brooke's reputation, aside from the myth of the fallen "golden warrior" that his friends set about creating almost immediately after his death, rests on the five war sonnets of 1914. Some of his earlier poetry--"Fish," Helen and Menelaus," and "Heave
  45. Browning, Robert   English. Born: 1812, Died: 1889, 148 poems.
    Robert did not become recognized as a poet, until after Elizabeth's death in 1861. After which, he was honored for the rest of his life as a literary figure
  46. Buchanan, Robert Williams   English. Born: 1841, Died: 1901, 6 poems.
  47. Buchanan, Robert   Born: 1841, Died: 1901, 1 poems.
  48. Burns, Robert   Born: 1759, Died: 1796, 118 poems.
    Robert Burns was born in Alloway in 1759. He worked on his father's farm, but spent much of his time reading and educating himself.
  49. Burton, Dr. Richard   Americas. Born: 1861, Died: 1940, 6 poems.
  50. Burton, Robert   English. Born: 1577, Died: 1640, 1 poems.
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