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Poets' Corner
(The). In Westminster Abbey. The popular name given to
the south corner, because some sort of recognition is made of several
British poets of very varied merits. As a national Valhalla, it is a
national disgrace. It is but scant honour to be ranked with Davenant,
Mason, and Shadwell. Some recognition is taken of five of our
firstclass poets- viz. Chaucer, Dryden, Milton, Shakespeare, and
Spenser. Wordsworth and Tennyson are recognised, but not Byron, Pope,
Scott, and Southey. Gray is very properly acknowledged, but not Cowper.
Room is found for Longfellow, an American, but none for Burns and Hogg,
both Scotchmen.
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