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The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Craig Raine

Born: December 3, 1944 (age 80)
Bio: Craig Anthony Raine is an English poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor.
Known for:
- How Snow Falls (2010)
- History (1994)
- In Defence of T. S. Eliot (2000)
- More Dynamite: Essays 1990-2012 (2013)
- Haydn and the valve trumpet (1990)