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Poems that echo your mood

12 closest matches among poems tagged with any of “pain” or “fire” or “self” or “suffering” .

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)
Despair
90%
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Despair

Ada Cambridge

Ada Cambridge portrait
21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)
Sad Songs Remembered
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Sad Songs Remembered

Philip Bourke Marston

Philip Bourke Marston portrait
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
Be still, my soul
90%
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Be still, my soul

A.E.Housman

A.E.Housman portrait
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
In Tempore Senectutis
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In Tempore Senectutis

Ernest Dowson

Ernest Dowson portrait
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
Out of the sighs
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Out of the sighs

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas portrait
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
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)
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
89%
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The clouds that are so light

Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas portrait
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
To live in vain! to live in pain
89%
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To live in vain! to live in pain

Ebenezer Jones

Ebenezer Jones portrait
20 January 1820 - 14 September 1860 (~40)
The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old
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The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old

James Thomson

James Thomson portrait
23 November 1834 - 3 June 1882 (~48)
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)
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