David Bates (poet)

David Bates (March 6, 1809 – January 25, 1870) was an American poet.

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• Childhood by david bates a block diana lee michelle park
• Sydney s interpretation of david bate s childhood 1 1
• References

He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio, and educated in Buffalo, New York, before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia. In 1849, he published a volume of poetry, Eolian.

Among his best-known works are "Speak Gently", which was parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as well as "Chiding", and "Childhood".