22 January The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 05
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Richard Blackmore1654 · Corsham English poet and physician -
Lord Byron1788 · City of Westminster English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824) -
St. John Lucas1879 · Rugby English poet and anthologist (1879–1934) -
Charles Langbridge Morgan1894 · Bromley British writer (1894-1958) -
Cilla McQueen1949 · Birmingham New Zealand poet
Thought for the day
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago.
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- Richard Blackmore: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lord Byron: Thomas Phillips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- St. John Lucas: Elliott & Fry (no individual credited), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Langbridge Morgan: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Cilla McQueen: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot: US Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mollie Panter-Downes: Cyril Roberts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized