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Poems that echo your mood

12 closest matches among poems tagged with any of “existential” or “lover” or “absence” or “suffering” .

My life closed twice before its close
91%
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My life closed twice before its close

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson portrait
10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)
Bright was the morning cool the Air
90%
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Bright was the morning cool the Air

Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell portrait
c. 1642 - 19 November 1692 (~50)
Despair
90%
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Despair

Ada Cambridge

Ada Cambridge portrait
21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)
O! there are spirits of the air
90%
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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)
In Tempore Senectutis
90%
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In Tempore Senectutis

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
The Lost Mistress
90%
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The Lost Mistress

Robert Browning

Robert Browning portrait
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
The clouds that are so light
90%
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The clouds that are so light

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas portrait
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
The Maid’s Lament
89%
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The Maid’s Lament

Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor portrait
30 January 1775 - 17 September 1864 (~89)
To a Lost Love
89%
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To a Lost Love

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
There have been times
89%
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There have been times

Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger portrait
22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)
The Voice
89%
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The Voice

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy portrait
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
If She But Knew
89%
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If She But Knew

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
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