Herman Melville [ 1860 ]

Born – August 1, 1819, NYC NY

 

Died – September 28, 1891, NYC NY

 

Art is one of his shorter poems, while Clarel, at almost 18,000 lines, is the longest poem in American literature, its length surpassing even classics like Milton's Paradise Lost and Homer's Illiad.

 

1860 photo above made available by Wikimedia Commons at this page.

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