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Existential Desires

109 poems share this thematic neighbourhood.

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When youthful faith hath fled

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When youthful faith hath fled

John Gibson Lockhart

12 June 1794 - 25 November 1854 (~60)

Death

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Death

Thomas Hood

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

Fade, Flow'rs!

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Fade, Flow'rs!

Edmund Waller

3 March 1606 - 21 October 1687 (~81)

Vpon Consideracion of the State of This Lyfe He Wisheth Death

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Vpon Consideracion of the State of This Lyfe He Wisheth Death

Richard Tottel

c. 1528 - 2 July 1593 (~65)

The Death Bed

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The Death Bed

Thomas Hood

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

A Song of Age

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A Song of Age

Aubrey Thomas de Vere

10 January 1814 - 20 January 1902 (~88)

The Night before his Death

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The Night before his Death

Sir Walter Raleigh

c. 1554 - 29 October 1618 (~64)

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Thomas Gray

26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771 (~55)

In a Breton Cemetery

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In a Breton Cemetery

Ernest Dowson

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

Death

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Death

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

On the Death of a Particular Friend

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On the Death of a Particular Friend

James Thomson

c. 11 September 1700 - 27 August 1748 (~48)

Death

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Death

Thomas MacDonagh

1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)

History of a Life

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History of a Life

Barry Cornwall

21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)

Death

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Death

Maxwell Bodenheim

26 May 1892 - 6 February 1954 (~62)

Twilight

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Twilight

John Masefield

1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967 (~89)

Whispers of Heavenly Death

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Whispers of Heavenly Death

Walt Whitman

31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892 (~73)

Peace! what do tears avail?

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Peace! what do tears avail?

Barry Cornwall

21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)

An Epitaph

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An Epitaph

Edwin Markham

23 April 1852 - 7 March 1940 (~88)

Suicide

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Suicide

Thomas Chatterton

20 November 1752 - 24 August 1770 (~18)

Go Away, Death!

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Go Away, Death!

Alfred Austin

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

Epilogue

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Epilogue

Robert Browning

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

Thanatopsis

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Thanatopsis

William Cullen Bryant

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

The Old Man's Funeral

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The Old Man's Funeral

William Cullen Bryant

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

The Sad Day

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The Sad Day

Thomas Flatman

21 February 1635 - 8 December 1688 (~53)

All is Well

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All is Well

Henry Scott Holland

27 January 1847 - 17 March 1918 (~71)

Thoughts in a Church-Yard

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Thoughts in a Church-Yard

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

Vanitas Vanitatum

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Vanitas Vanitatum

John Webster

c. 1580 - c. 1632 (~52)

Since We Must Die

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Since We Must Die

Alfred Austin

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

Beautiful Lie the Dead

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Beautiful Lie the Dead

Stephen Phillips

28 July 1864 - 9 December 1915 (~51)

Euthanasia

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Euthanasia

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

On an Infant's Grave

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On an Infant's Grave

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

The End

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The End

Wilfred Owen

18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918 (~25)

Coronach, or Death-Wail

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Coronach, or Death-Wail

Charles Mackay

27 March 1814 - 24 December 1889 (~75)

June

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June

William Cullen Bryant

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

A Dirge

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A Dirge

Alfred Lord Tennyson

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

Warm Summer Sun

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Warm Summer Sun

30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910 (~75)

Exit

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Exit

Edwin Arlington Robinson

22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)

Sunset

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Sunset

Edgar A. Guest

20 August 1881 - 5 August 1959 (~78)

It nods and curtseys and recovers

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It nods and curtseys and recovers

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Rest Only in the Grave

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Rest Only in the Grave

James Clarence Mangan

1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)

Continuity

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Continuity

Edward Shanks

11 June 1892 - 4 May 1953 (~61)

Night and Death

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Night and Death

Joseph Blanco White

11 July 1775 - 20 May 1841 (~66)

Forever

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Forever

John Boyle O'Reilly

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

The Shortness of Life

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The Shortness of Life

Francis Quarles

8 May 1592 - 8 September 1644 (~52)

To a Traveller

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To a Traveller

Lionel Johnson

15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902 (~35)

The Death of a Soldier

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The Death of a Soldier

Wallace Stevens

2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955 (~76)

Peace Be Thine

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Peace Be Thine

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

28 July 1802 - 15 July 1839 (~37)

The Dying Christian to his Soul

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The Dying Christian to his Soul

Alexander Pope

21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744 (~56)

Whispers of Immortality

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Whispers of Immortality

T. S. Eliot

26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)

I Die Alive

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I Die Alive

Robert Southwell

c. 1561 - 21 February 1595 (~34)

What Is Our Life?

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What Is Our Life?

Sir Walter Raleigh

c. 1554 - 29 October 1618 (~64)

A Question

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A Question

16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909 (~38)

Holy Sonnet 10: Death, Be Not Proud

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Holy Sonnet 10: Death, Be Not Proud

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

When I watch the living meet

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When I watch the living meet

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

My days among the Dead are past

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My days among the Dead are past

Robert Southey

12 August 1774 - 21 March 1843 (~69)

Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher

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Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher

Walter Savage Landor

30 January 1775 - 17 September 1864 (~89)

The Mountain Tomb

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The Mountain Tomb

William Butler Yeats

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

What is Life?

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What is Life?

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

Oh! breathe not his name

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Oh! breathe not his name

Thomas Moore

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Epitaph

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Epitaph

Lascelles Abercrombie

9 January 1881 - 27 October 1938 (~57)

Heraclitus

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Heraclitus

William Johnson Cory

9 January 1823 - 11 June 1892 (~69)

The Computation

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The Computation

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

A Dirge

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A Dirge

Algernon Charles Swinburne

5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909 (~72)

Prospice

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Prospice

Robert Browning

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

Bede’s Death Song

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Bede’s Death Song

Bede the Venerable

c. 673 - 26 May 735 (~62)

The Dead Child

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The Dead Child

Ernest Dowson

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

The Deserted House

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The Deserted House

Alfred Lord Tennyson

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

The Universal Epitaph

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The Universal Epitaph

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

Praise for an Urn

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Praise for an Urn

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

To an Athlete Dying Young

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To an Athlete Dying Young

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Matter

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Matter

Louis Untermeyer

1 October 1885 - 18 December 1977 (~92)

A Jacobite's Epitaph

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A Jacobite's Epitaph

Thomas Babington Macaulay

25 October 1800 - 28 December 1859 (~59)

Proud Maisie

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Proud Maisie

Sir Walter Scott

15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832 (~61)

Along the dark and silent night

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Along the dark and silent night

Robert Herrick

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

The Two Sowers

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The Two Sowers

Alexander Anderson

30 April 1845 - 11 July 1909 (~64)

I've thirty months

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I've thirty months

16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909 (~38)

On moonlit heath and lonesome bank

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On moonlit heath and lonesome bank

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Bells for John Whitesides' Daughter

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Bells for John Whitesides' Daughter

John Crowe Ransom

30 April 1888 - 3 July 1974 (~86)

Of My Deare Sonne, Geruase Beaumont

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Of My Deare Sonne, Geruase Beaumont

Sir John Beaumont

c. 1583 - 19 April 1627 (~44)

At Dawn

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At Dawn

Madison Julius Cawein

23 March 1865 - 8 December 1914 (~49)

To a Skull

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To a Skull

Joshua Henry Jones

1876 - 14 December 1955 (~79)

On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book

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On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book

Charles Tennyson Turner

4 July 1808 - 25 April 1879 (~71)

Upon a Dead Man's Head

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Upon a Dead Man's Head

John Skelton

c. 1460 - 21 June 1529 (~69)

Dirge to a Dead Owl

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Dirge to a Dead Owl

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

The Meeting

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The Meeting

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Lyke-Wake Dirge

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Lyke-Wake Dirge

If I Should Die

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If I Should Die

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

Felix Opportunitate Mortis

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Felix Opportunitate Mortis

Alfred Austin

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

The winds out of the west land blow

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The winds out of the west land blow

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

On a Friend

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On a Friend

Robert Burns

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

The Grave-Digger

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The Grave-Digger

Anne Whitney

2 September 1821 - 23 January 1915 (~94)

Immortal

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Immortal

Sara Teasdale

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

God's Acre

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God's Acre

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Animula vagula blandula

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Animula vagula blandula

Publius Aelius Hadrianus

24 January 76 - 10 July 138 (~62)

The Dead Lover

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The Dead Lover

James Whitcomb Riley

7 October 1849 - 22 July 1916 (~67)

Graves of Infants

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Graves of Infants

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

Telling the Bees

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Telling the Bees

Frederic William Moorman

8 September 1872 - 8 September 1919 (~47)

Kissing her hair I sat against her feet

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Kissing her hair I sat against her feet

Algernon Charles Swinburne

5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909 (~72)

Margaritæ Sorori

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Margaritæ Sorori

William Ernest Henley

23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)

If I Should Die

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If I Should Die

17 March 1857 - 8 April 1894 (~37)

In Time of Plague

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In Time of Plague

Thomas Nashe

1567 - c. 1601 (~34)

The Explanation

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The Explanation

Rudyard Kipling

30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936 (~71)

Death

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Death

Percy Bysshe Shelley

4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)

Farewell, Life!

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Farewell, Life!

Thomas Hood

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

A Sheep Fair

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A Sheep Fair

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Sinking of the Mendi

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Sinking of the Mendi

S.E.K. Mqhayi

1 December 1875 - 29 July 1945 (~70)

Love and Death

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Love and Death

Alfred Lord Tennyson

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

Epitaph

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Epitaph

10 November 1861 - 10 September 1889 (~28)

Requiem

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Requiem

Robert Louis Stevenson

13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894 (~44)

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