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Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert Herbert of Cherbury, 1st Baron 1583-1648, English philosopher, poet, and diplomat; elder brother of George Herbert, the metaphysical poet. He was ambassador to France (1619-24) and was created Baron Herbert of Cherbury in 1629. A precursor of deism, Lord Herbert laid down his... Read more
Catullus Catullus
Catullus (Caius Valerius Catullus) , 84? BC-54? BC, Roman poet, b. Verona. Of a well-to-do family, he went c.62 BC to Rome. He fell deeply in love, probably with Clodia, sister of Cicero's opponent Publius Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband. Catullus wrote to his beloved,... Read more
Dance of Death Dance of Death
Dance of Death or danse macabre , originally a 14th-century morality poem. The poem was a dialogue between Death and representatives of all classes from the Pope down. By the 15th cent., pictorial representation with verses illustrating the pictures became common. The dance, in which Death as a... Read more
Ovid Ovid
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) , 43 BC-AD 18, Latin poet, b. Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), in the Apennines. Although trained for the law, he preferred the company of the literary coterie at Rome. He enjoyed early and widespread fame as a poet and was known to the emperor Augustus. In AD 8, for no... Read more
Cynewulf Cynewulf
Cynewulf , fl. early 9th cent.?, Old English religious poet of Northumbria or Mercia. Four poems have been ascribed to him on the evidence of his signatures in runes in the text of each of these poems. The poems, all more explicitly didactic than any earlier works, are: Juliana, The Ascension,... Read more
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Stratford Stratford
Stratford, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA 1. Canada (Ontario): founded as Little Thomas in 1832 and renamed in 1835 after Stratford‐upon‐Avon, the birthplace in England of William Shakespeare (1564–1616), poet and dramatist.2. New Zealand (North Island): founded as... Read more
Avon Dassett Avon Dassett
Dassett, Avon & Dassett, Burton Warwicks. Derceto(ne) 1086 (DB), Auene Dercete 1202, Magna Dercet 1242, Chepynge Dorset 1397, Dassett Magna alias Burton Dassett 1604. Probably ‘oak forest’, from Celtic *derw + *cę̄d, referring to western edge of once heavily wooded... Read more
Avon (rivers) Avon (rivers)
Avon [Celtic,=river], name of several rivers in England. 1 Also called Bristol Avon or Lower Avon, rising in SW England at Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and flowing 75 mi (121 km) E, S, and then NW through Bath and Bristol to the Severn River at Avonmouth. It is navigable for large vessels to... Read more

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