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Akhmatova, Anna - (32)
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Amichai, Yehuda - (44)
Ammons, A. R. - (31)
Arnold, Matthew - (151)
Balestier, Wolcott - (0)
Barham, Richard Harris - (23)
Barnes, William - (29)
Behn, Aphra - (14)
Bierce, Ambrose - (16)
Boake, Barcroft - (36)
Boldrewood, Rolf - (0)
Brecht, Bertolt - (32)
Brereton, John Le Gay - (67)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett - (115)
Browning, Robert - (214)
Burrows, Joseph - (1)
Campbell, Thomas - (34)
Carmichael, Jennings (Grace) - (2)
Carroll, Lewis - (74)
Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop - (1)
Clough, Arthur Hugh - (132)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - (53)
Collins, William - (11)
Cuthbertson, James Lister - (10)
Daley, Victor James - (93)
Davis, Thomas Osborne - (4)
Derham, Enid - (8)
Dix, William Chatterton - (1)
Drummond, William Henry - (72)
Dyson, Edward - (95)
Edgar, Marriott - (35)
Foott, Mary Hannay - (30)
Forrest, M. - (2)
Frost, Robert Lee - (168)
Gordon, Adam Lindsay - (71)
H. H. C. C. - (1)
Harte, (Francis) Bret - (120)
Hayes, John Milton - (7)
Hebblethwaite, James - (4)
Heney, Thomas William - (4)
Herrick, Robert - (299)
Hunt, James Henry Leigh - (24)
Ide, Abijah M. - (3)
Irving, Washington - (52)
Jennings, Elizabeth - (11)
Jonson, Ben - (92)
Joyce, James - (51)
Keats, John - (147)
Kendall, Henry - (215)
Kenna, Francis - (1)
Kipling, Rudyard - (641)
Landor, Walter Savage - (103)
Lawson, Henry - (475)
Leland, Charles G. - (53)
Lowell, Robert - (16)
Masefield, John - (40)
McCrae, John - (29)
Miller, Joaquin - (19)
Milton, John - (131)
Orwell, George - (8)
Osborne, Louis Shreve - (1)
Paterson, Banjo - (227)
Poe, Edgar Allan - (84)
Pope, Alexander - (82)
Prior, Matthew - (189)
Qabbani, Nizar - (38)
Scott, (Sir) Walter - (157)
Shakespeare, William - (159)
Swinburne, Algernon Charles - (464)
Teasdale, Sara - (324)
Tennyson, Alfred Lord - (327)
Thomson, James - (10)
Thomson, James (Bysshe Vanolis) - (46)
Wells, H. G. - (0)
Whitman, Walt - (338)
Whittier, John Greenleaf - (483)
Willis, Nathaniel Parker - (12)
Wilmot, John - (39)
Wordsworth, William - (969)
Yeats, William Butler - (384)

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Author	Period	# Reads
1: Joseph Addison	May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719	8868
2: William Butler Yeats	June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939	8541
3: A. R. Ammons	February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001	7864
4: Thomas Campbell	July 27, 1777 - June 15, 1844	7323
5: Jennings Carmichael	24 February 1868 – 9 February 1904	7267
6: Walter Scott (Sir)	15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832	7247
7: Henry Lawson	17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922	7239
8: Robert Lee Frost	March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963	7007
9: Alfred Lord Tennyson	August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892	6924
10: Elizabeth Barrett Browning	March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861	6837
11: John Le Gay Brereton	2 September 1871 - 2 February 1933	6792
12: Aphra Behn	July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689	6766
13: Anna Akhmatova	June 23, 1889 — March 5, 1966	6764
14: William Collins	25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759	6725
15: Walt Whitman	May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892	6718
16: Rudyard Kipling	December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936	6635
17: Edward Dyson	1865-1931	6609
18: Mark Akenside	November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770	6581
19: Sara Teasdale	August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933	6579
20: Lewis Carroll	January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898	6529
21: Elizabeth Jennings	July 18, 1926 – October 26, 2001	6508
22: Yehuda Amichai	1924 - September 22, 2000	6487
23: James Henry Leigh Hunt	October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859	6482
24: William Barnes	22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886	6400
25: Matthew Arnold	24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888	6380
26: Nizar Qabbani	21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998	6302
27: Edgar Allan Poe	January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849	6301
28: Alexander Pope	21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744	6265
29: William Allingham	March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889	6259
30: John Masefield	1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967	6253
31: Matthew Prior	July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721	6221
32: John McCrae	November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918	6215
33: Bertolt Brecht	February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956	6188
34: Robert Lowell	March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977	6184
35: Ambrose Bierce	June 24, 1842 – 1914	6159
36: Ben Jonson	c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637	6128
37: H. H. C. C.		6124
38: Richard Harris Barham	December 6, 1788–June 17, 1845	6075
39: William Henry Drummond	April 13, 1854 – April 6, 1907	6006
40: Robert Herrick	Baptized - August 24, 1591- October 1674	5969
41: John Greenleaf Whittier	December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892	5940
42: Joaquin Miller	September 8, 1837, - February 17, 1913	5917
43: Marriott Edgar	October 5th, 1880 - May 5th, 1951	5898
44: Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton)	February 17, 1864 - February 5, 1941	5898
45: Robert Browning	May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889	5892
46: John Wilmot	April 1, 1647 - July 26, 1680	5824
47: Walter Savage Landor	January 30, 1775 – September 17, 1864	5802
48: Nathaniel Parker Willis	January 20, 1806 - January 20, 1867	5800
49: John Keats	31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821	5800
50: Thomas Osborne Davis	October 14, 1814 - September 16, 1845	5568
51: Joseph Burrows		5539
52: Wolcott Balestier	December 13, 1861 - 1891	5532
53: George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)	25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950	5490
54: Francis Kenna	1865 - 1932	5484
55: William Wordsworth	April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850	5465
56: Louis Shreve Osborne		5319
57: Abijah M. Ide	1825 – 1873	5226
58: Adam Lindsay Gordon	October 19, 1833 – 24 June 1870	5193
59: James Joyce	2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941	5173
60: Barcroft Boake	March 26, 1866 – ? May 10, 1892	5154
61: Washington Irving	April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859	5077
62: Conrad Potter Aiken	August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973	5062
63: Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne)	6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915	4973
64: H. G. Wells	September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946	4704
65: Mary Hannay Foott	26 September 1846 – 12 October 1918	4448
66: M. Forrest	1872 - 1935	4426
67: James Lister Cuthbertson	8 May 1851 - 18 January 1910	4324
68: Samuel Taylor Coleridge	October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834	4251
69: Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke	24 April 1846—2 August 1881	4236
70: William Chatterton Dix	June 14, 1837 - September 9, 1898	4216
71: Victor James Daley	5 September 1858 – 29 December 1905	4205
72: Arthur Hugh Clough	January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861	4201
73: Enid Derham	March 24, 1882 – November 13, 1941	4175
74: Algernon Charles Swinburne	April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909	4004
75: James Thomson	11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748	3925
76: William Shakespeare	baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616	3881
77: James Thomson - (Bysshe Vanolis)	November 23, 1834 - June 3, 1882	3781
78: Thomas William Heney	5 November 1862 – 19 August 192	3570
79: Henry Kendall	April 18, 1839 - August 1, 1882	3427
80: John Milton Hayes	1884 - 1940	3353
81: Bret Harte (Francis)	August 25, 1837 – May 6, 1902	3340
82: John Milton	December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674	3320
83: James Hebblethwaite	22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921	3316
84: Charles G. Leland	August 15, 1824 – March 20, 1903	3234