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Reflections on Mortality and Grief

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One Certainty

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One Certainty

Christina Rossetti

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Human Life

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Human Life

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

Be still, my soul

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Be still, my soul

A.E.Housman

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

To live in vain! to live in pain

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To live in vain! to live in pain

Ebenezer Jones

20 January 1820 - 14 September 1860 (~40)

Weariness

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Weariness

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Alone

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Alone

Sir Lewis Morris

23 January 1833 - 12 November 1907 (~74)

Despair

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Despair

Ada Cambridge

21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)

Forgetting

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Forgetting

Rose Hartwick Thorpe

18 July 1850 - 19 July 1939 (~89)

The Hermit

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The Hermit

James Beattie

25 October 1735 - 18 August 1803 (~68)

Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth

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Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth

Arthur Hugh Clough

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

Youth and Age

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Youth and Age

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

To a Very Old Woman

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To a Very Old Woman

William Makepeace Thackeray

18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863 (~52)

If This Be All

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If This Be All

Anne Brontë

17 January 1820 - 28 May 1849 (~29)

Virtue

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Virtue

George Herbert

3 April 1593 - 1 March 1633 (~40)

There was a time

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There was a time

Edward Thomas

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Youth Calls to Age

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Youth Calls to Age

Dylan Thomas

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Resignation

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The Resignation

Thomas Chatterton

20 November 1752 - 24 August 1770 (~18)

I Look into My Glass

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I Look into My Glass

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

To an Unborn Pauper Child

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To an Unborn Pauper Child

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

He Never Expected Much

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He Never Expected Much

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Young and Old

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Young and Old

Charles Kingsley

12 June 1819 - 23 January 1875 (~56)

Existence

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Existence

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

The Prospect

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The Prospect

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

6 March 1806 - 29 June 1861 (~55)

In Old Age

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In Old Age

Frederick Tennyson

5 June 1807 - 26 February 1898 (~91)

The Monk

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The Monk

15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924 (~66)

Shall I decide it by a random shot?

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Shall I decide it by a random shot?

Arthur Hugh Clough

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

Loss and Gain

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Loss and Gain

Richard Monckton Milnes

19 June 1809 - 11 August 1885 (~76)

Long time a child, and still a child

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Long time a child, and still a child

Hartley Coleridge

19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)

Would you be young again?

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Would you be young again?

Lady Nairne

16 August 1766 - 26 October 1845 (~79)

Nature

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Nature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Life

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Life

Charlotte Brontë

21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855 (~39)

Despondency

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Despondency

Matthew Arnold

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

When Acorns Fall

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When Acorns Fall

Alfred Austin

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

All Is Vanity

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All Is Vanity

Bernard Barton

31 January 1784 - 19 February 1849 (~65)

The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm

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The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm

Robert Burns

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

To-Day's Burden

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To-Day's Burden

Christina Rossetti

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Shadow

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A Shadow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

The Self-Unseeing

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The Self-Unseeing

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old

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The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old

James Thomson

23 November 1834 - 3 June 1882 (~48)

The Stoic

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The Stoic

Francis Hastings Doyle

21 August 1810 - 8 June 1888 (~78)

The Soul's Parting

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The Soul's Parting

Dorothy Greenwell

6 December 1821 - 29 March 1882 (~61)

The Nun's Aspiration

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The Nun's Aspiration

Ralph Waldo Emerson

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

After Our Likeness

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After Our Likeness

Ada Cambridge

21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)

Now Let No Charitable Hope

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Now Let No Charitable Hope

Elinor Wylie

7 September 1885 - 16 December 1928 (~43)

No Pleasure Without Some Pain

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No Pleasure Without Some Pain

Thomas, Lord Vaux

25 April 1509 - c. October 1556 (~47)

Life

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Life

Anna Lætitia Barbauld

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

Hap

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Hap

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Road Leading Nowhere

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The Road Leading Nowhere

A. Mary F. Robinson

27 February 1857 - 9 February 1944 (~87)

Strong Moments

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Strong Moments

W. H. Davies

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

How shall a man

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How shall a man

Hartley Coleridge

19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)

Youth is old before his time

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Youth is old before his time

Archibald MacLeish

7 May 1892 - 20 April 1982 (~90)

The Three Hermits

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The Three Hermits

William Butler Yeats

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

Loss and Gain

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Loss and Gain

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

The Old Woman

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The Old Woman

Joseph Campbell

15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)

Softened by Time's consummate plush

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Softened by Time's consummate plush

Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

I thank thee God, that I have lived

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I thank thee God, that I have lived

Elizabeth Craven

17 December 1750 - 13 January 1828 (~78)

The Hollow Men

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The Hollow Men

T. S. Eliot

26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)

Beggars

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Beggars

William Wordsworth

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

I Remember, I Remember

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I Remember, I Remember

Thomas Hood

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

Doubt

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Doubt

Sir Lewis Morris

23 January 1833 - 12 November 1907 (~74)

Late Wisdom

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Late Wisdom

George Crabbe

24 December 1754 - 3 February 1832 (~78)

Work Without Hope

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Work Without Hope

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

Self-Dependence

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Self-Dependence

Matthew Arnold

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

The Wind Over the Chimney

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The Wind Over the Chimney

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

Not Poor

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Not Poor

Elizabeth Prentiss

26 October 1818 - 13 August 1878 (~60)

My Youth

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My Youth

W. H. Davies

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

The Lamp

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The Lamp

Charles Whitehead

4 October 1804 - 5 July 1862 (~58)

Oh, Hope! thou soother sweet of human woes

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Oh, Hope! thou soother sweet of human woes

Charlotte Smith

4 May 1749 - 28 October 1806 (~57)

Mutation

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Mutation

William Cullen Bryant

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

What is Life?

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What is Life?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

The wretch condemn'd with life to part

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The wretch condemn'd with life to part

Oliver Goldsmith

c. 10 November 1728 - 4 April 1774 (~46)

Age

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Age

William Bell Scott

12 September 1811 - 22 November 1890 (~79)

To a Deaf and Dumb Little Girl

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To a Deaf and Dumb Little Girl

Hartley Coleridge

19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)

Faith

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Faith

Ada Cambridge

21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)

A Child To His Sick Grandfather

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A Child To His Sick Grandfather

Joanna Baillie

11 September 1762 - 23 February 1851 (~89)

An Old Man’s Winter Night

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An Old Man’s Winter Night

Robert Frost

26 March 1874 - 29 January 1963 (~89)

The Dead

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The Dead

Mathilde Blind

21 March 1841 - 26 November 1896 (~55)

Invisible

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Invisible

Elizabeth Devereux

12 March 1934 - 29 July 2023 (~89)

The Old Stoic

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The Old Stoic

Emily Brontë

30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)

When?

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When?

Susan Coolidge

29 January 1835 - 9 April 1905 (~70)

No coward soul is mine

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No coward soul is mine

Emily Brontë

30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)

Time, Real and Imaginary

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Time, Real and Imaginary

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

The Old Man Dreams

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The Old Man Dreams

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

29 August 1809 - 7 October 1894 (~85)

Mise Raifteirí an File

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Mise Raifteirí an File

Antoine Ó Raifteirí

c. 30 March 1779 - 25 December 1835 (~56)

The Fellowship

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The Fellowship

Katharine Lee Bates

12 August 1859 - 28 March 1929 (~70)

Pleasure and Pain

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Pleasure and Pain

Richard Monckton Milnes

19 June 1809 - 11 August 1885 (~76)

The Book of Martyrs

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The Book of Martyrs

Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares

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Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares

Anna Lætitia Barbauld

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

Courage

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Courage

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

O thou dread Power, who reign'st above!

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O thou dread Power, who reign'st above!

Robert Burns

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

There Is No God

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There Is No God

Arthur Hugh Clough

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

The Questioning Spirit

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The Questioning Spirit

Arthur Hugh Clough

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

Sheep and Lambs

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Sheep and Lambs

Katharine Tynan Hinkson

23 January 1861 - 2 April 1931 (~70)

Beautiful Old Age

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Beautiful Old Age

D. H. Lawrence

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

St. Maurice

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St. Maurice

Nora Hopper Chesson

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

The Starved

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The Starved

W. H. Davies

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

The Famine

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The Famine

James Clarence Mangan

1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)

New Every Morning

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New Every Morning

Susan Coolidge

29 January 1835 - 9 April 1905 (~70)

Time

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Time

John Wesley Holloway

28 July 1865 - 31 October 1935 (~70)

The First Birth Day

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The First Birth Day

Hartley Coleridge

19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)

Black Woman

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Black Woman

Georgia Douglas Johnson

10 September 1880 - 15 May 1966 (~86)

The Children Band

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The Children Band

Sir Aubrey de Vere

28 August 1788 - 5 July 1846 (~58)

The Fire

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The Fire

12 December 1873 - 19 May 1941 (~68)

Tried and True

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Tried and True

Phoebe Cary

4 September 1824 - 31 July 1871 (~47)

To Life

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To Life

25 March 1881 - 8 October 1927 (~46)

Mad Judy

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Mad Judy

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Seeking Forgetfulness

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Seeking Forgetfulness

William Bell Scott

12 September 1811 - 22 November 1890 (~79)

The Past

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The Past

Ralph Waldo Emerson

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

The Roman Road

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The Roman Road

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

When Stretch'd On One's Bed

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When Stretch'd On One's Bed

Jane Austen

16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817 (~42)

To a Little Invisible Being

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To a Little Invisible Being

Anna Lætitia Barbauld

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

Growing Old

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Growing Old

Matthew Arnold

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

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