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Poems that echo your mood

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

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)
My life closed twice before its close
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My life closed twice before its close

Emily Dickinson

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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait
27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)
A Song of Age
88%
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A Song of Age

Aubrey Thomas de Vere

Aubrey Thomas de Vere portrait
10 January 1814 - 20 January 1902 (~88)
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)
Gerontion
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Gerontion

T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot portrait
26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)
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

Richard Tottel portrait
c. 1528 - 2 July 1593 (~65)
A Short View of the State of Man
88%
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A Short View of the State of Man

William Alexander

William Alexander portrait
c. 1567 - 12 February 1640 (~73)
Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task
88%
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Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll portrait
27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 (~66)
In Tempore Senectutis
88%
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In Tempore Senectutis

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
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