Fireside Poets
(UK, historical) A school of 19th century New England poets, often characterized as including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliv
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(UK, historical) A school of 19th century New England poets, often characterized as including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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