The Dyers of Rhode Island
- Elisha Dyer (1811–1890), Governor of Rhode Island 1857–1859. Father of Elisha Dyer, Jr.
- Elisha Dyer, Jr. (1839–1906), Governor of Rhode Island 1897–1900. Son of Elisha Dyer.
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“The island dreams under the dawn
And great boughs drop tranquillity;
The peahens dance on a smooth lawn,
A parrot sways upon a tree,
Raging at his own image in the enamelled sea.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)