- David Bates (poet)
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David Bates (March 6, 1809 – January 25, 1870) was an American poet.
He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio and educated in Buffalo before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia. In 1849, he published a volume of poetry, Eolian.
Among his best known works are Speak Gently (parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Chiding, and Childhood.
Categories:- 1809 births
- 1870 deaths
- American poets
- American poet, 19th century birth stubs
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