3 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 04
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Mary Lamb1764 · London English writer, the sister and collaborator of writer Charles Lamb (1764-1847) -
Robert Bloomfield1766 · Honington Shoemaker, poet and maker of aeolian harps -
Robert Stephen Hawker1803 · Plymouth Cornish clergyman and poet (1803-1875) -
Robert Sherard1861 · England British writer (1861–1943)
Thought for the day
And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
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- Mary Lamb: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Bloomfield: Henry Bone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Stephen Hawker: Richard Budd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Sherard: Unknown (Life time: n.d.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Clara Reeve: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized