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Existential Reflections

59 poems share this thematic neighbourhood.

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Song from 'Ajax and Ulysses.'

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Song from 'Ajax and Ulysses.'

James Shirley

September 1596 - 29 October 1666 (~70)

Horace to Leuconoë

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Horace to Leuconoë

Edwin Arlington Robinson

22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)

Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant

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Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant

Thomas Jordan

c. 1612 - c. 1685 (~73)

Ode 1.11

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Ode 1.11

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Villanelle of the Poet's Road

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Villanelle of the Poet's Road

Ernest Dowson

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

Horace, Ode XI. Lib. I

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Horace, Ode XI. Lib. I

Robert Fergusson

5 September 1750 - 16 October 1774 (~24)

A Short View of the State of Man

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A Short View of the State of Man

William Alexander

c. 1567 - 12 February 1640 (~73)

On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup

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On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup

William Oldys

14 July 1696 - 15 April 1761 (~65)

The Mad Lover

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The Mad Lover

Alexander Brome

1620 - 30 June 1666 (~46)

Anacreontic

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Anacreontic

Robert Herrick

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

Ode II.11

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Ode II.11

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Ode on a Grecian Urn

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Ode on a Grecian Urn

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

The Dying Philosopher to His Fiddler

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The Dying Philosopher to His Fiddler

John Drinkwater

1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)

Give Me Women, Wine, And Snuff

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Give Me Women, Wine, And Snuff

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

Ladies, you see time flieth

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Ladies, you see time flieth

Thomas Morley

c. 1557 - October 1602 (~45)

At the Haymarket

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At the Haymarket

Arthur Symons

28 February 1865 - 22 January 1945 (~80)

This Life which seemes so faire

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This Life which seemes so faire

William Drummond

13 December 1585 - 4 December 1649 (~64)

Pluck the fruit and taste the pleasure

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Pluck the fruit and taste the pleasure

Thomas Lodge

c. 1558 - 15 September 1625 (~67)

Kyrenaikos

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Kyrenaikos

Alan Seeger

22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)

Life is Jolly

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Life is Jolly

W. H. Davies

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

From witty men and mad

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From witty men and mad

Thomas Randolph

15 June 1605 - March 1635 (~30)

A Dithyrambic on Wine

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A Dithyrambic on Wine

Thomas Godfrey

4 December 1736 - 3 August 1763 (~27)

Immortality

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Immortality

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

Written at an Inn at Henley

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Written at an Inn at Henley

William Shenstone

18 November 1714 - 11 February 1763 (~49)

Fame

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Fame

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

Quand vous serez bien vieille

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Quand vous serez bien vieille

Pierre de Ronsard

11 September 1524 - 27 December 1585 (~61)

The Goblet of Life

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The Goblet of Life

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

On My Birthday, July 21

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On My Birthday, July 21

Matthew Prior

c. July 1664 - 18 September 1721 (~57)

Ode IV.1

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Ode IV.1

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Carpe Diem

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Carpe Diem

John Van Alstyne Weaver

17 July 1893 - 14 June 1938 (~45)

A Reasonable Affliction

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A Reasonable Affliction

Matthew Prior

c. July 1664 - 18 September 1721 (~57)

Champagne Rosée

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Champagne Rosée

John Kenyon

2 December 1784 - 3 December 1856 (~72)

Ode on Solitude

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Ode on Solitude

Alexander Pope

21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744 (~56)

Sprightly Old Age

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Sprightly Old Age

19 October 1784 - 28 August 1859 (~75)

The Mermaid Tavern

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The Mermaid Tavern

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

To Thomas Moore

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To Thomas Moore

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

Bards of Passion and of Mirth

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Bards of Passion and of Mirth

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

Time, the Devourer of All Things

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Time, the Devourer of All Things

Publius Ovidius Naso

20 March 43 BC - c. 17 (~60)

On first looking into Chapman's Homer

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On first looking into Chapman's Homer

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

Jolly Good Ale and Old

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Jolly Good Ale and Old

William Stevenson

c. 1530 - 1575 (~45)

The Faun

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The Faun

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

On My Thirty-Third Birthday

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On My Thirty-Third Birthday

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

To Live Merrily

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To Live Merrily

Robert Herrick

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

Thou whom chance may hither lead

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Thou whom chance may hither lead

Robert Burns

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

Vitae Summa Brevis

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Vitae Summa Brevis

Ernest Dowson

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

A Catch

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A Catch

Alexander Brome

1620 - 30 June 1666 (~46)

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love

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Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love

Gaius Valerius Catullus

c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)

The Steady Fire

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The Steady Fire

Albius Tibullus

c. 55 BC - 19 BC (~36)

Odi et amo

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Odi et amo

Gaius Valerius Catullus

c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)

Punctuality

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Punctuality

Lewis Carroll

27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 (~66)

On a Birthday

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On a Birthday

16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909 (~38)

Let Us Drink!

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Let Us Drink!

c. 756 - c. 814 (~58)

The Two Glasses

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The Two Glasses

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

Sound and Sense

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Sound and Sense

Alexander Pope

21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744 (~56)

Enquiry After Happiness

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Enquiry After Happiness

Thomas Chatterton

20 November 1752 - 24 August 1770 (~18)

Olympian 14

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Olympian 14

c. 518 BC - c. 438 BC (~80)

The King's Ring

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The King's Ring

Theodore Tilton

2 October 1835 - 29 May 1907 (~72)

On Tea

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On Tea

Edmund Waller

3 March 1606 - 21 October 1687 (~81)

Best of all for mortal beings

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Best of all for mortal beings

Theognis of Megara

c. 570 BC - c. 485 BC (~85)

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