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Events

Works published

• William Blake, The Book of Los, The Book of Ahania, The Song of Los, and The Songs of Innocence and Experience
• Philip Morin Freneau, Poems
• Walter Savage Landor, Poems
• Joseph Ritson, editor, Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems

William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips. ... Philip Morin Freneau ( January 2, 1752 – December 18, 1832 ) was a United States poet and one of the most important writers/poets of The Age of Reason. He is often considered the first American poet, in a popular sense. ... Walter Savage Landor (January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864), English writer, eldest son of Walter Landor and his wife Elizabeth Savage, was born at Warwick. ... Joseph Ritson (October 2, 1752 - September 23, 1803), was an English antiquary. ...

Births

• October 31 — John Keats English poet
• Thomas Carlyle
• George Darley
• Joseph Rodman Drake (US)
• James Gates Percival
• Janet Thomson (Scotland)

October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... George Darley (1795 - 1846) was an Irish poet, novelist, and critic. ... Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) was an early American poet. ... James Gates Percival (1795 - 1854) was an American poet, born at Berlin, Connecticut. ...

Deaths

• Samuel Bishop

Samuel Bishop (1731 - 1795), poet, born in London, and educated at Merchant Taylors School and Oxford, took orders and became Headmaster of Merchant Taylors School. ...

See also

Poetry Portal

• Poetry