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Mayr Shelley, author of Frankenstein and wife of the poet, born on August 30th 1797, the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft.
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The Belgian poetic dramatist Maurice Maeterli;nk, who wrote 'Pelléas et Mélisande', was born August 29th 1862.
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A Subaltern's Love-song
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The scent of the conifers, sound of the bath,
The view from my bedroom of moss-dappled path,
As I struggle with double-end evening tie,
For we dance at the Golf Club, my victor and I.
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Sir John Betjeman
(August 28th 1906 — May 29th 1984)
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The scent of the conifers, sound of the bath,
The view from my bedroom of moss-dappled path,
As I struggle with double-end evening tie,
For we dance at the Golf Club, my victor and I.
...
Sir John Betjeman
(August 28th 1906 — May 29th 1984)
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James thomson, Scottish poet who probably wrote 'Rule Britannia', died August 27th 1748.
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The Ninth Secret Poem
Guillaume Apollnaire
(August 26th 1880 —‚ November 9th 1918)
translated by Oliver Bernard
...His mother tended to disappear too, once leaving him for the holidays at a hotel in the Ardennes with his younger brother, and at the end of the holidays sending them the rail fare so that they could abscond to Paris without paying the hotel bill.
— Sep 22, 2026 05:44AM
Guillaume Apollnaire
(August 26th 1880 —‚ November 9th 1918)
translated by Oliver Bernard
...His mother tended to disappear too, once leaving him for the holidays at a hotel in the Ardennes with his younger brother, and at the end of the holidays sending them the rail fare so that they could abscond to Paris without paying the hotel bill.
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Sweet Content
Thomas Dekker
(?1570 — august 25th 1632)
Thomas Dekker could have done with some "golden numbers", since he went to prison for debt on two occasions, the second time for nearly seven years (from 1613). Nevertheless he is said to have retained a sunny disposition and to have developed a strong sympathy for oppressed people and animals. '
— Sep 21, 2026 06:17PM
Thomas Dekker
(?1570 — august 25th 1632)
Thomas Dekker could have done with some "golden numbers", since he went to prison for debt on two occasions, the second time for nearly seven years (from 1613). Nevertheless he is said to have retained a sunny disposition and to have developed a strong sympathy for oppressed people and animals. '
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The Bracelet: To Julia
Robert Herrick
(August 24th 1591 — October 15th 1674)
...For a time he left without permission from his bishop to live in London with Tomasin Parsons, who was 27 years younger than him.
As a Royalist, he was deprived of his living at Dean Prior by Parliament in 1647.
— Sep 19, 2026 09:58PM
Robert Herrick
(August 24th 1591 — October 15th 1674)
...For a time he left without permission from his bishop to live in London with Tomasin Parsons, who was 27 years younger than him.
As a Royalist, he was deprived of his living at Dean Prior by Parliament in 1647.
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Dorothy Parker bon in West End, New Jersey, the daughter of a cloth salesman, August 22nd 1893. Her mother died when she was five.
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Last Lines
Emily Brontë
(July 20rh `8`8 — December 19th 1848)
Emily Brontë was christened on this day in St James' church, Thornton, Yorkshire, in 1818. She died aged 30 at her family home in Haworth, having refused all medical care and believing doctors "poisonous". Her life was, in the words of her poem "The Death of A.G.A.', "stormy and brief".
— Sep 17, 2026 08:41PM
Emily Brontë
(July 20rh `8`8 — December 19th 1848)
Emily Brontë was christened on this day in St James' church, Thornton, Yorkshire, in 1818. She died aged 30 at her family home in Haworth, having refused all medical care and believing doctors "poisonous". Her life was, in the words of her poem "The Death of A.G.A.', "stormy and brief".