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Robert Southey
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English romantic poet (1774–1843)

Also known as: Роберт Саути, روبرت ساوذي, 로버트 사우디, ロバート・サウジー, 罗伯特·骚塞, Роберт Соути

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Known works

  • Poet's Gold
  • The Life of Nelson (1800)
  • The three bears
  • Journals of a residence in Portugal, 1800-1801 and a visit to France, 1838 (1960)
  • The sailor, who had served in the slave trade. (From Southey's poems.) (1798)