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poet laureate

(Encyclopedia) poet laureatepoet laureatelôˈrēĭt [key], title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval…

Byrde, William

(Encyclopedia) Byrde, William. For persons thus named, use Byrd, William.

Browne, William

(Encyclopedia) Browne, William (William Browne of Tavistock)Browne, Williamtăvˈĭstŏkˌ [key], 1591?–1645?, English poet. An imitator of Spenser, he did his finest work in pastoral poetry, of which…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell the Third

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Mask of AnarchyLetter to Maria GisbornePeter Bell the Third Is it a party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed, Some sipping punch—some sipping tea…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Early Poems [1814, 1815]

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1816Early Poems [1814, 1815]Stanza, Written at BracknellStanzas - April, 1814To HarrietTo Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinTo -MutabilityOn DeathA Summer Evening…

William, crown prince of Germany

(Encyclopedia) William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the…

Douglas, William, 6th earl of Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, William, 6th earl of Douglas, 1423?–1440, Scottish nobleman, eldest son of Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Douglas. In answer to an invitation from the young James II, who was…

William II, king of the Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) William II, 1792–1849, king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1840–49), son and successor of William I. He served with Wellington in the Peninsular War, was wounded at…