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  1. Waals, Jacqueline Elisabeth van der   European. Born: 1868, Died: 1922, 1 poems.
    Well-loved Dutch poet.
  2. Wace, Robert   Olde English. Born: 1100, Died: 1174, 2 poems.
    Maistre Wace, 12th Century author of Roman de Rou. The enigmatic Jersey-born poet, who also created the legend of King Arthur's Round Table with his rhyming version of the Brut, was the central figure in the post-Conquest English 'Renaissance' but hi
  3. Wachter, Carl   Americas. 1 poems.
  4. Waddington, Miriam   Americas. Born: 1917, Died: 2004 (modern), 0 poems.
  5. Wade, Thomas   English. Born: 1805, Died: 1875, 4 poems.
    A minor poet and playwright of the Romantic Revival.
  6. Wade, John Francis   English. Born: 1710, Died: 1786, 2 poems.
  7. Wade-Gayles, Gloria   Americas. Born: 1938, 4 poems.
  8. Wagner, Madge   Born: 1862, Died: 1924, 76 poems.
  9. Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker   Americas. Born: 1888, Died: 1959 (modern), 9 poems.
  10. Wakefield, Nancy   Americas. Born: 1836, Died: 1870, 1 poems.
  11. Walch, Garnet   Oceania. Born: 1843, Died: 1913, 1 poems.
  12. Walcott, Derek   Americas. Born: 1930, 21 poems.
    The most important West Indian poet and dramatist writing in English today. Walcott has lived most of his life in Trinidad. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992.
  13. Walden, Alfred Islay   Americas. Born: 1847, Died: 1884, 2 poems.
    Minister, teacher, poet and former slave.
  14. Waley, Arthur   English. Born: 1889, Died: 1966 (modern), 11 poems.
  15. Walker, Annie Louisa   Americas. Born: 1836, Died: 1907, 3 poems.
    Walker published poetry widely in newspapers on both sides of the border before collecting them in Leaves from the Backwoods in 1861-62.
  16. Walker, Margaret   Americas. Born: 1915, Died: 1998 (modern), 12 poems.
    "But Margaret never despaired or was turned, in her words or her vision, around. She remained clear and beautiful, moving and prophetic."  
    From Amiri Baraka, "Margaret Walker Alexander," The Nation 4 Jan. 1999: 32-33.
  17. Walker, Ellis   English. Born: 1650, Died: 1700, 79 poems.
  18. Walker, William Sidney   English. Born: 1795, Died: 1846, 20 poems.
  19. Wall, Arnold   Oceania. Born: 1869, Died: 1966 (modern), 1 poems.
  20. Wallace, William Ross   Americas. Born: 1819, Died: 1881, 19 poems.
    19th Century poet, coined the phrase "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world."
  21. Wallace, Edgar   English. Born: 1875, Died: 1932, 1 poems.
    Writer of mystery and spy novels, his poetry was based his experiences in The Boer War.
  22. Waller, Edmund   English. Born: 1606, Died: 1687, 25 poems.
    His work did influence the literature of the Eighteenth Century, with his most remembered achievement being the perfection of the 'heroic couplet'.
  23. Waller, John Francis   English. Born: 1810, Died: 1894, 2 poems.
    Irish poet.
  24. Waller, Sir John   Born: 1917, Died: 1995 (modern), 5 poems.
  25. Wallis, Hannah   English. Born: 1787, 1 poems.
  26. Walrond, Francis Ernley   English. Born: 1875, Died: 1948, 3 poems.
    Little is known of this Scotish born poet and banker, who brought out The Gods of Africa and other Poems in London in 1912 and whose later poem, "Eve," was first published for a centenary collection of South African verse in 1925.
  27. Walsh, Christina   Born: 1750, Died: 1800, 1 poems.
    Almost nothing is known of the poetess, Christina Walsh. Her date of death is listed as 1800?
  28. Walsh, William   English. Born: 1663, Died: 1708, 2 poems.
    Poet and critic.
  29. Walsh, Thomas   Americas. Born: 1875, Died: 1928, 2 poems.
  30. Walsh, Edward   English. 1 poems.
  31. Walters, Oscar   Oceania. 2 poems.
    Ww1 poet
  32. Walton, Mary   Americas. 23 poems.
  33. Walton, Izaak   English. Born: 1593, Died: 1683, 8 poems.
    Biographer and author of The Compleat Angler.
  34. Walton, John   English. Born: 1400, Died: 1500, 1 poems.
  35. Wan-Li, Yang   Asian. Born: 1127, Died: 1206, 14 poems.
  36. Wangshu, Dai   Asian. Born: 1905, Died: 1950, 1 poems.
    Chinese Neo-Symbolist poet.
  37. Ward, Burnett   Americas. 39 poems.
  38. Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps   Americas. Born: 1844, Died: 1911, 105 poems.
    In 1868 Phelps published a sentimental and didactic novel entitled The Gates Ajar. It is the story of a girl's struggle to renew her faith despite the death of a beloved brother. The novel was immediately popular, selling 80,000 copies in the United
  39. Ward, Thomas   Americas. Born: 1807, Died: 1873, 6 poems.
  40. Ward, Edward   English. Born: 1667, Died: 1731, 1 poems.
  41. Ward, Thomas   English. Born: 1652, Died: 1708, 1 poems.
  42. Ward, Samuel   Born: 1814, Died: 1884, 1 poems.
  43. Ware, Henry   Americas. Born: 1794, Died: 1843, 6 poems.
    Unitarian minister
  44. Warfield, Catherine   Americas. Born: 1816, Died: 1877, 2 poems.
  45. Waring, Anna Laetitia   English. Born: 1820, Died: 1910, 14 poems.
    Her most widely known hymns are: "Father, I know that all my life," "Go not far from me, O my Strength," and "My heart is resting, O my God."
  46. Warner, William   English. Born: 1558, Died: 1609, 2 poems.
    His major works are "Albion 's England," which is a history of the British Isles in fouteen syllable lines, which were very popular in their own time.
  47. Warner, Anna Bartlett   Americas. Born: 1827, Died: 1915, 3 poems.
  48. Warner, Susan   Americas. Born: 1819, Died: 1885, 1 poems.
  49. Warren, Lord de Tabley John Byrne Leicester   English. Born: 1835, Died: 1895, 2 poems.
  50. Warren, G O   Americas. Born: 1880, Died: 1950, 3 poems.
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