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Poets Book of Days

April 3

George Herbert born, 1593

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

Which two poets can be considered to have begun the English tradition of "the poetry of nature," championed by William Wordsworth in the famous "Preface affixed to Lyrical Ballads"?

Answer ->

Thomas Gray and William Cowper.

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