FINLAND (antiquity)

MESOPOTAMIA (c. 2000 B.C.)

HOMER (c. 850 B.C.) Greek

VIRGIL (70-19 B.C.) Roman

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO (1474-1533)

EDMUND SPENSER (1552-1599)

JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)

LORD BYRON (1788-1824) George Gordon

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892)