| JOHNMILTON | English poet famous for his epic Paradise Lost (4,6) |
| ARIOSTO | Ludovico, Italian poet famous for his epic Orlando Furioso (7) |
| MILTON | English poet who composed his epic Paradise Lost, beginning in medias res, some 16 years after he had become completely blind (6) |
| CLARE | John ---, 19th Century English poet famous for his rural subjects (5) |
| LAFONTAINE | Jean de --- ---, 17th-Century French poet, famous for his Fables (2,8) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10) |
| DRYDEN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| JOHN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| KEATS | Surname of the poet famous for his "Odes" (5) |
| HORACE | Roman poet famous for his Satires, Odes, Epodes, and Epistles (6) |
| DANTE | Italian poet famous for his Divine Comedy (5) |
| OVID | Poet, famous for his 15-volume Metamorphoses, d. AD 17 or 18 (4) |
| ADDISON | Essayist and poet famous for his tragedy Cato and poem The Campaign (6,7) |
| JOSEPH | Essayist and poet famous for his tragedy Cato and poem The Campaign (6,7) |
| HANS | _ _ Andersen, 19th-century Danish author and poet famous for his fairy tales - w 20ac (4,9) |
| CHRISTIAN | _ _ Andersen, 19th-century Danish author and poet famous for his fairy tales - w 16ac (4,9) |
| SPENSER | Edmund - - -, 16th Century English poet best known for his epic work The Faerie Queene (7) |
| LUCAN | Roman poet, born in Cordoba, best known for his epic Pharsalia (5) |
| EDMUND | ____ Spenser, poet noted for his epic work The Faerie Queene (6) |
| TOLKIEN | Writer known for his epic fantasy trilogy, JRR ... |
