Byron, Lord. 1788-1824. English Romantic poet. Aided Greek indep. Hours of Idleness, Prisoner of Chillon, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 1812, Don Juan 1812.

Caedman. 7C. First English Christian poet.

Calliope. The Greek Muse of epic poetry.

Camões, Luis de. c1524-80. Portuguese poet: Os Lusiadas, about Portugal’s explorations.

Campbell, Thomas. 1777-1844. Scottish poet: Pleasures of Hope, Ye Mariners of England.

Candidas. 14-15C. Indian priest, romantic poet.

Carducci, Giosue. 1835-1907. Italian Neoclassical poet.

Carmen, Bliss. 1861-1929. Canadian lyric poet. Low tide on Grand Pré 1893. Daughters of Dawn 1913.

Catullus, Gaius. c87-54BC. Roman lyric poet: Lesbia.

Cavalcanti, Guido. c1255-1300. Florentine poet.

Cavalier Poets. 17C Royalists. Lovelace. Herrick.

Chanson de Roland. 12C French epic poem. Roncesvalles. Roland.

Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.

Chatterton, Thomas. 1752-70. English poet. Forerunner of Romantics. Suicide.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. c1340-1400. English poet. Canterbury Tales, printed 1477.

Chénier, André de. 1762-94. French poet. Elegies. Guillotined.

Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.

Chrétien de Troyes. 12C. French poet. Legend of King Arthur.

Christine de Pisan. c1364-1430. French poet. Love poems, ballads.

Claudian. c370-404. Classic Latin poet. Rape of Prosperine.

Cocteau, Jean. 1889-1963. Montparnasse poet. Provençale figurative painter. Filmmaker.

Coleridge, Samuel. 1772-1834. English Romantic poet: Ancient Mariner 1798, Kubla Khan.

Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.

Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.

Connecticut Wits. 18C US satiric collaborative poets. Anarchiad 1786-87.

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