2. "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it" - E.E. Cummings

3.  Lord Byron “ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." - Lord Byron (She walks in beauty)

4.   1788: Born in London  1794: Inherits the title Lord Byron  1815: Marries Annabella Millbanke.  1816: Leaves England for the last time.  1824: He dies. George Gorden or Lord Byron

5.  William Blake “ To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” - William Blake (Auguries of Innocence.)

6.   Born -1757  Starts at the Royal Academy -1779  Marries Catherine Boucher -1782  Publishes Songs of Innocence -1789  Died -1827 William Blake

7.  John Clare “ I ne'er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet, Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as deadly pale. My legs refused to walk away, And when she looked, what could I ail? My life and all seemed turned to clay." - John Clare (First Love)

8.   1793: Born in Helpston, Northamptonshire  1806: Works as a pot boy at the Blue Bell Inn  1837: Admitted to High Beach Asylum  1864: Dies John Clare

9.  Percy Bysshe Shelly “ The keen stars were twinkling And the fair moon was rising among them, Dear Jane: The guitar was tinkling, But the notes were not sweet till you sung them Again." - Percy Bysshe Shelly ( To Jane)

10.   1792: Born in Sussex  1811: Marries Harriet Westbrook  1811: Publishes Necessity of Atheism  1814: Elopes with Mary WolstenCraft Godwin  1816: Befriends Lord Byron  1822: Dies in Italy Percy Bysshe Shelley

11.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge “ But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover ! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover !" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Kubla Khan)

12.   1772: Born  1794: First poems published  1797: Meets Wordsworth  1798: Publishes Lyrical Ballads  1834: Dies Samuel Taylor Coleridge

13.  John Keats “ A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; " - John Keats (A Thing Of Beauty)

14.  11795: Born in London 11814: Gives up his surgeon apprenticeship 11816: Publishes his first poem 11820: Moves to Italy to improve his health 11821: Dies in Rome John Keats

15.  William Wordsworth “ I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils” - William Wordsworth (Daffodils)

16.   1770: Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland  1790: Travels to France  1798: Publishes Lyrical Ballads with Coireridge  1843: Becomes Poet Laureate  1850: Dies William Wordsworth