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And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men.
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- Mollie Panter-Downes: Cyril Roberts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frederick Forsyth: Hannu Lindroos / Helsingin Sanomat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Howard Jacobson: British Library, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Martin Amis: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Simon McBurney: Christian Michelides, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Dekker: Woodcut from title page of published play, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Gordon Bottomley: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized