The Rhymers' Club met at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese where they read their poems aloud, criticised each other's work and published together. Members included: Yeats, Arthur Symons, Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Dowson.
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Rhymers' Club
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Wine Office Court
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