17th Century Famous Poets

Addison, Joseph - 1672 – 1719
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Adriaensz Bredero, Gerbrand - 1585 – 1618
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Alexander Boyd, Mark - 1562 – 1601
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Argensola, Lupercio Leonardo de - December 14, 1559 – March 1613
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Ayton, Robert - 1571 – 1638
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Aytoun, Sir Robert - 1570 – 1638
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Barnes, Barnabe - 1569 – 1609
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Barnfield, Richard - 1574 – 1627
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Basho, Matsuo - 1644 – November 1694
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Beaumont, Francis - 1584 – 1616
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Beaumont, Sir John - 1583 – 1627
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Behn, Aphra - 1640 – 1689
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Benlowes, Edward - 1603 – 1676
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Benserade, Isaac De - 1613 – 1691
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Bertaut, Jean - 1552 – 1611
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Bihari-Lal, - 1595 – 1663
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Blackmore, Sir Richard - 1650 – 1729
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Blair, Robert - 1699 – 1746
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Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas - 1636 – 1711
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Boissard, Jean Jacques - 1528 – 1602
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Bourne, Vincent - 1695 – 1747
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Bracciolini, Francesco - 1566 – 1645
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Bradstreet, Anne - c. 1612 – September 16, 1672
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Brady, Nicholas - 1659 – 1726
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Brathwait, Richard - 1588 – 1673
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Breton, Nicholas - 1545 – 1626
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Brockes, Barthold Heinrich - 1680 – 1747
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Broekhuizen, Jan Van - 1649 – 1707
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Brome, Alexander - 1620 – 1666
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Browne, William - 1590 – 1645
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Buckingham and Normanby, John Sheffield - 1648 – 1721
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Bunyan, John - 1628 – 1688
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Butler, Samuel - 8 February 1612 – 25 September 1680
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Byrom, John - 1692 – 1763
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Cach, Simon - 1605 – 1659
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Camphuysen, Dirk Rafelsz - 1586 – 1627
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Campion, Thomas - 1567 – 1619
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Canitz, Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig - 1654 – 1699
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Carew, Thomas - 1595 – 22 March 1640
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Carey, Henry - 1687 – 1743
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Cartwright, William - 1611 – 1643
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De - 1547 – 1616
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Cespedes, Pablo De - 1538 – 1608
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Chalkhill, John - fl. 1600
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Chamberlayne, William - 1619 – 1679
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Chapelain, Jean - 1595 – 1674
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Chapman, George - 1559 – 1634
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Chaulieu, Guillaume Amfrye De - 1639 – 1720
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Chiabrera, Gabriello - 1552 – 1637
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Chudleigh, Lady Mary - August 1656 – 1710
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Cigoli, Lodovico Cardi Da - 1559 – 1613
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Cleland, William - 1661 – 1689
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Cleveland, John - 16 June 1613 – 29 April 1658
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Coeffeteau, Nicolas - 574 – 1623
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Coello, Antonio - 1610 – 1652
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Congreve, William - 1670 – 1729
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Constable, Henry - 1562 – 1613
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Corbet, Richard - 1582 – 28 July 1635
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Corneille, Pierre - 1606 – 1684
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Cotton, Charles - 1630 – 1687
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Cowley, Abraham - 1618 – 28 July 1667
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Craig, Sir Thomas - 1538 – 1608
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Crashaw, Richard - 1613 – 25 August 1649
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Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot De - 1674 – 1762
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Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario - 1663 – 1728
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d'Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa - February 8, 1552 – April 29, 1630
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Dahlstjerna, Gunno - 1661 – 1709
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Daniel, Samuel - 1562 – 1619
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Dass, Petter - 1647 – 1708
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Davenant, William - 1606 – 1668
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Davies, John - 1569 – 1626
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de La Fontaine, Jean - July 8, 1621 – April 13, 1695
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de Malherbe, François - 1555 – 1628
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de Tyard, Pontus - c. 1521 – 1605
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Dekker, Jeremias De - 1610 – 1666
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Dekker, Thomas - 1572 – 1641
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del Alcázar, Baltasar - 1530 – 1606
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Denham, John - 1615 – 1669
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Des Barreaux, Jacques Vallée, Sieur - 1602 – 1673
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Deshoulières, Antoinette Du Ligier De La Garde - 1638 – 1694
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Desportes, Philippe - 1546 – 1606
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Donne, John - 1572 – March 31, 1631
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Dorléans, Louis - 1542 – 1629
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Dousa, Janus - 1545 – 1604
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Drayton, Michael - 1563 – December 23, 1631
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Dryden, John - 9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700
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Dyer, John - 1699 – December 1757
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Dyer, Sir Edward - d. 1607
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Engelbrechtsdatter, Dorthe - 1634 – 1716
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Enriquez Gomez, Antonio - c. 1601 – c. 1661
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Espinel, Vicente Martinez - 1551 – 1624
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Eusden, Laurence - 1688 – 1730
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Fairfax, Edward - c. 1580 – 1635
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Falster, Christian - 1690 – 1752
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Fanshawe, Sir Richard - 1608 – 1666
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Faria Y Sousa, Manuel De - 1590 – 1649
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Fenton, Elijah - 1683 – 1730
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Finch, Anne Kingsmill - April 1661 – 5 August 1720
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Flatman, Thomas - 1637 – 1688
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Flecknoe, Richard - c. 1600 – 1678
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