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Waller 1. Edmund. 1606--87, English poet and politician, famous for his poem "Go, Lovely Rose" 2. Fats, real name Thomas Waller. 1904--43, US jazz pianist and singer waller [′wȯl·ər] (mining engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But if ever I get off this time, I lay I'll just WALLER in Sunday-schools Edmund Waller (1606-1687), a very wealthy gentleman in public life who played a flatly discreditable part in the Civil War, is most important for his share in shaping the riming pentameter couplet into the smooth pseudo-classical form rendered famous by Dryden and Pope; but his only notable single poems are two Cavalier love-lyrics in stanzas, 'On a Girdle' and 'Go, Lovely Rose. |
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