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beauty loss pain freedom suffering nature religious social sleep death landscape body past power romantic flowers faith wind soul presence childhood rose sound flower rain water lovers soldier bird reality fire love light grief domestic memory voice eyes beloved darkness self dead spiritual existence heart city heaven spring tears music mother hope sorrow dream youth grave children mind irish winter river tree desire mortality lover consciousness philosophical birds silence summer divine women garden earth fear peace stars woman moon truth

Poems that echo your mood

12 closest matches among poems tagged with any of “children” or “light” .

Should lanterns shine
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Should lanterns shine

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas portrait
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
The Darkling Thrush
89%
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The Darkling Thrush

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy portrait
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task
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Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll portrait
27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 (~66)
To an Unborn Pauper Child
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To an Unborn Pauper Child

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy portrait
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
Virginibus Puerisque...
88%
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Virginibus Puerisque...

Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger portrait
22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
88%
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The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Francis William Bourdillon

Francis William Bourdillon portrait
22 March 1852 - 13 January 1921 (~69)
Nature
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Nature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait
27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)
Could I but harmonise one kindly thought
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Could I but harmonise one kindly thought

Hartley Coleridge

Hartley Coleridge portrait
19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)
The clouds that are so light
88%
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The clouds that are so light

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas portrait
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
Pavlovna in London
88%
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Pavlovna in London

James Elroy Flecker

James Elroy Flecker portrait
5 November 1884 - 3 January 1915 (~31)
How Still the Night
88%
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How Still the Night

Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell portrait
15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)
Spring on the Woodland Path
87%
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Spring on the Woodland Path

Ford Madox Hueffer

Ford Madox Hueffer portrait
17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)
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