Celtic Myths and Folklore

While, Iris, I at distance gaze
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The Lost Mistress
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The Lost Mistress

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
To His Forsaken Mistress
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To His Forsaken Mistress

Sir Robert Ayton

Sir Robert Ayton portrait
1570 - 25 February 1638 (~68)
Hidden Flame
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Hidden Flame

John Dryden

John Dryden portrait
9 August 1631 - 12 May 1700 (~69)
I Do Not Love Thee
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I Do Not Love Thee

Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan

Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan portrait
22 March 1808 - 15 June 1877 (~69)
There have been times
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There have been times

Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger portrait
22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)
To My Inconstant Mistris
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To My Inconstant Mistris

Thomas Carew

Thomas Carew portrait
1595 - 22 March 1640 (~45)
They Flee From Me
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They Flee From Me

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sir Thomas Wyatt portrait
c. 1503 - 11 October 1542 (~39)
Dear heart, why will you use me so?
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Dear heart, why will you use me so?

James Joyce

James Joyce portrait
2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)
The Paradox
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The Paradox

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Oh, Love Me! Love Me Still!
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Love's Suicide
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Love's Suicide

E. Nesbit

E. Nesbit portrait
15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924 (~66)
Farewell to Love
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Farewell to Love

Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell portrait
27 July 1777 - 15 June 1844 (~67)
Love Not
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Love Not

Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan

Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan portrait
22 March 1808 - 15 June 1877 (~69)
Love's Suicide
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Love's Suicide

Sir Lewis Morris

Sir Lewis Morris portrait
23 January 1833 - 12 November 1907 (~74)
The Blossome
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The Blossome

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Love, oh, Love's a dainty sweeting
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Love, oh, Love's a dainty sweeting

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind portrait
21 March 1841 - 26 November 1896 (~55)
Love is a Terrible Thing
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Ah! what can mean that eager joy
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Love's Warfare
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Love's Warfare

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
If She But Knew
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If She But Knew

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
The One Gift
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The One Gift

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
Love Armed
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Love Armed

Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn portrait
1640 - 16 April 1689 (~49)
He Has Fallen from the Height of His Love
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I Find No Peace
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I Find No Peace

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sir Thomas Wyatt portrait
c. 1503 - 11 October 1542 (~39)
Exchanges
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Exchanges

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
Woman's Constancy
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Woman's Constancy

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
I Shall Not Die For Thee
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I Shall Not Die For Thee

Douglas Hyde

Douglas Hyde portrait
17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949 (~89)
Oh, when I was in love with you
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Oh, when I was in love with you

A.E.Housman

A.E.Housman portrait
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
Love and Life
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Love and Life

John Wilmot

John Wilmot portrait
1 April 1647 - 26 July 1680 (~33)
The Unfortunate Lover
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The Unfortunate Lover

Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell portrait
31 March 1621 - 16 August 1678 (~57)
The Expiration
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The Expiration

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Since there's no help
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Since there's no help

Michael Drayton

Michael Drayton portrait
1563 - December 1631 (~68)
These things that poets said
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These things that poets said

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas portrait
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
On Her Vanity
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On Her Vanity

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
Love's Usury
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Love's Usury

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Voices Break on the Confines of Passion
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Voices Break on the Confines of Passion

Mina Loy

Mina Loy portrait
27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)
Keeping a Heart
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Keeping a Heart

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
The Fair Singer
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The Fair Singer

Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell portrait
31 March 1621 - 16 August 1678 (~57)
Would I might go far over sea
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Would I might go far over sea

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
Love
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Love

Humbert Wolfe

Humbert Wolfe portrait
5 January 1885 - 5 January 1940 (~55)
Go! cruel tyrant of the human breast
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Had I a cave
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Had I a cave

Robert Burns

Robert Burns portrait
25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)
The Undertaking
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The Undertaking

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
One Woman
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One Woman

Howard Phelps Putnam

Howard Phelps Putnam portrait
1894 - 3 July 1948 (~54)
A Love Letter
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A Love Letter

Isobel Pagan

Isobel Pagan portrait
c. 1740 - 3 November 1821 (~81)
The Voice of Him I Love
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The Voice of Him I Love

Amelia Alderson Opie

Amelia Alderson Opie portrait
12 November 1769 - 2 December 1853 (~84)
Secrecy in Love Pledged
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Secrecy in Love Pledged

Thomas Carew

Thomas Carew portrait
1595 - 22 March 1640 (~45)
Fancy, Farewell
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Fancy, Farewell

Sir Edward Dyer

Sir Edward Dyer portrait
c. October 1543 - 11 May 1607 (~64)
At An Inn
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At An Inn

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy portrait
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
To Anthea, who may command him anything
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To Anthea, who may command him anything

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick portrait
24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)
The True Lover
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The True Lover

A.E.Housman

A.E.Housman portrait
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
Ring out your bells
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Ring out your bells

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney portrait
30 November 1554 - 17 October 1586 (~32)
Brave as a falcon and as merciless
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Brave as a falcon and as merciless

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
Love is Best
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Love is Best

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
Fetters
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Fetters

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
On her Loving Two Equally
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On her Loving Two Equally

Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn portrait
1640 - 16 April 1689 (~49)
Revenge
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Revenge

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Letitia Elizabeth Landon portrait
14 August 1802 - 15 October 1838 (~36)
The Dissolution
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The Dissolution

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Misconceptions
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Misconceptions

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
Confessions
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Confessions

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
Letters
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Letters

John Van Alstyne Weaver

John Van Alstyne Weaver portrait
17 July 1893 - 14 June 1938 (~45)
When I Was One-and-Twenty
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When I Was One-and-Twenty

A.E.Housman

A.E.Housman portrait
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
The Coquette, and After
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The Coquette, and After

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy portrait
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
To Rhea
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To Rhea

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait
25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)
The Apparition
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The Apparition

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
About Love
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About Love

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
A Valediction: of weeping
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A Valediction: of weeping

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
A vow
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A vow

Phineas Fletcher

Phineas Fletcher portrait
8 April 1582 - 13 December 1650 (~68)
Shameless Love
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Shameless Love

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
The Grief of Love
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The Grief of Love

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
Love in a Life
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Love in a Life

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
The Broken Heart
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The Broken Heart

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Barnabe Googe

Barnabe Googe portrait
11 June 1540 - February 1594 (~54)
Rivals
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Rivals

William Walsh

William Walsh portrait
6 October 1662 - 15 March 1708 (~46)
Why so pale and wan, fond lover
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Porphyria's Lover
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Porphyria's Lover

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
Then Be It So, and Let Us Part
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Then Be It So, and Let Us Part

Amelia Alderson Opie

Amelia Alderson Opie portrait
12 November 1769 - 2 December 1853 (~84)
The Damp
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The Damp

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
The Triple Foole
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The Triple Foole

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
John-John
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John-John

Thomas MacDonagh

Thomas MacDonagh portrait
1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)
A Woman's Last Word
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A Woman's Last Word

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
When We Two Parted
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When We Two Parted

Lord Byron

Lord Byron portrait
22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)
What Thing Is Love
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What Thing Is Love

George Peele

George Peele portrait
c. 25 July 1556 - 9 November 1596 (~40)
For Music
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For Music

Lord Byron

Lord Byron portrait
22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)
Batter my heart, three-person'd God
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You make the sunshine of my heart
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You make the sunshine of my heart

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind portrait
21 March 1841 - 26 November 1896 (~55)
Amantium Irae
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Amantium Irae

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
A Jet Ring Sent
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A Jet Ring Sent

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Wife to Husband
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Wife to Husband

Ford Madox Hueffer

Ford Madox Hueffer portrait
17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)
The Forsaken Wife
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Love's Secret
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Love's Secret

William Blake

William Blake portrait
28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827 (~70)
A Marriage Charm
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A Marriage Charm

Nora Hopper Chesson

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait
2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)
The Lovers
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The Lovers

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson portrait
10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)
The Bargain
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The Bargain

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney portrait
30 November 1554 - 17 October 1586 (~32)
Modern Beauty
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Modern Beauty

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons portrait
28 February 1865 - 22 January 1945 (~80)
Loves Horoscope
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Loves Horoscope

Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw portrait
c. 1613 - 25 August 1649 (~36)
A Feaver
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A Feaver

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
You'll love Me yet
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You'll love Me yet

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
Elena's Song
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Elena's Song

Sir Henry Taylor

Sir Henry Taylor portrait
18 October 1800 - 27 March 1886 (~86)
Love's Diet
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Love's Diet

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
The Old Witch in the Copse
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The Old Witch in the Copse

Barry Cornwall

Barry Cornwall portrait
21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)
To Lucasta, Going to the Wars
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O be my voice, belovèd, or I die
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To Olivia
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To Olivia

Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson portrait
18 December 1859 - 13 November 1907 (~48)
Love Me if I Live
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Love Me if I Live

Barry Cornwall

Barry Cornwall portrait
21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)
Another Dark Lady
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Another Dark Lady

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson portrait
22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)
An Idol of Clay
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An Idol of Clay

Nixon Waterman

Nixon Waterman portrait
12 November 1859 - 1 September 1944 (~85)
Elusion
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Elusion

Nora Hopper Chesson

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait
2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)
The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God
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Modern Love
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Modern Love

John Keats

John Keats portrait
31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)
The Willing Mistriss
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The Willing Mistriss

Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn portrait
1640 - 16 April 1689 (~49)
The Indian Serenade
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The Indian Serenade

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley portrait
4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)
Too Near
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Too Near

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
Stage Love
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Stage Love

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne portrait
5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909 (~72)
The Highwayman
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The Highwayman

Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes portrait
16 September 1880 - 25 June 1958 (~78)
Prayer for Indifference
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Prayer for Indifference

Fanny Greville

Fanny Greville portrait
c. 1724 - 28 July 1789 (~65)
If women could be fair
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If women could be fair

Edward de Vere

Edward de Vere portrait
12 April 1550 - 24 June 1604 (~54)
The Prohibition
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The Prohibition

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Paper and sticks
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Paper and sticks

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas portrait
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
To Ellinda, Upon His Late Recovery
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To Inez
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To Inez

Lord Byron

Lord Byron portrait
22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)
The Mask
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The Mask

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats portrait
13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)
I have not loved the world
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I have not loved the world

Lord Byron

Lord Byron portrait
22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)
The gods have heard my vows
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The gods have heard my vows

Thomas Weelkes

Thomas Weelkes portrait
25 October 1576 - November 1623 (~47)
Guilo
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Guilo

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox portrait
5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)
Your Looks so Often Cast
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Your Looks so Often Cast

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sir Thomas Wyatt portrait
c. 1503 - 11 October 1542 (~39)
Meeting
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Meeting

George Crabbe

George Crabbe portrait
24 December 1754 - 3 February 1832 (~78)
Jealousy
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Jealousy

Charles Tennyson Turner

Charles Tennyson Turner portrait
4 July 1808 - 25 April 1879 (~71)
Loves Garden Grief
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Loves Garden Grief

Robert Southwell

Robert Southwell portrait
c. 1561 - 21 February 1595 (~34)
Desire
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Desire

Ada Cambridge

Ada Cambridge portrait
21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)
The Heart Breaking
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The Heart Breaking

Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley portrait
1618 - 28 July 1667 (~49)
Shame
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Shame

Nora Hopper Chesson

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait
2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)
O tell na me o' wind and rain
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O tell na me o' wind and rain

Robert Burns

Robert Burns portrait
25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)
Apology
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Apology

Amy Lowell

Amy Lowell portrait
9 February 1874 - 12 May 1925 (~51)
The Outlaw Of Loch Lene
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The Curse
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The Curse

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
The Eviction
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The Eviction

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
The Will
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The Will

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
So Much
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So Much

Charles Bertram Johnson

Charles Bertram Johnson portrait
5 October 1880 - 20 March 1958 (~78)
Dark Rosaleen
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Dark Rosaleen

James Clarence Mangan

James Clarence Mangan portrait
1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)
After Love
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After Love

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons portrait
28 February 1865 - 22 January 1945 (~80)
The Flea
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The Flea

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
Mary, Pity Women!
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Mary, Pity Women!

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling portrait
30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936 (~71)
That Women Are but Mens Shaddowes
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That Women Are but Mens Shaddowes

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson portrait
c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637 (~65)
The Execration
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I could but see thee yesterday
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I could but see thee yesterday

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick portrait
24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)
Laodamia's Lament
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Laodamia's Lament

Publius Ovidius Naso

Publius Ovidius Naso portrait
20 March 43 BC - c. 17 (~60)
The Message
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The Message

John Donne

John Donne portrait
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
To a False Friend
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To a False Friend

Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood portrait
23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)
Trainor, the Druggist
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Trainor, the Druggist

Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters portrait
23 August 1868 - 5 March 1950 (~82)
The Wounded Heart
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The Wounded Heart

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick portrait
24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)
Latest Face
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Latest Face

Philip Arthur Larkin

Philip Arthur Larkin portrait
9 August 1922 - 2 December 1985 (~63)
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