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Poems that echo your mood

12 closest matches among poems tagged with any of “existential” or “desire” or “suffering” or “self” .

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)
O! there are spirits of the air
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O! there are spirits of the air

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley portrait
4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)
Human Life
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Human Life

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait
21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)
Despair
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Despair

Ada Cambridge

Ada Cambridge portrait
21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)
Be still, my soul
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Be still, my soul

A.E.Housman

A.E.Housman portrait
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
There have been times
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There have been times

Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger portrait
22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)
The clouds that are so light
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The clouds that are so light

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas portrait
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
Out of the sighs
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Out of the sighs

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas portrait
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
Bright was the morning cool the Air
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Bright was the morning cool the Air

Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell portrait
c. 1642 - 19 November 1692 (~50)
The Hermit
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The Hermit

James Beattie

James Beattie portrait
25 October 1735 - 18 August 1803 (~68)
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)
Should lanterns shine
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Should lanterns shine

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas portrait
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
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