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Today in history

  • 1772

    Novalis – On May the 2nd, 1772 Novalis is born in Wiederstedt, Germany [Wiederstedt, Germany]

  • 1840

    Thomas Moore – Thoughts on Mischief is published in the Morning Chronicle on the 2nd of May 1840 [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1884

    Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Ella Wheeler married Robert Wilcox and moved to Stony Creek in Connecticut. [Stony Creek, Connecticut, United States]

  • 1915

    John McCrae – On May the 2nd 1915 McCrae’s close friend and former student, Alexis Helmer is killed by a German Shell [Ypres, Belgium]

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7th Century Poem Found / Poet’s Love Letters Found – Poetry News Roundup 1st May

This weeks poetry news round up takes a look at two important discoveries of literary significance. Seventh-century Poem Found in Rome Library A 1,200-year-old lost copy of a manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn has been found in the National Central Library of Rome by scholars from Dublin. The poem, which is a copy of the earliest surviving poem written in the English language, was written by a cattle herder in Northumbria. ...


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