Poem Timeline
Musicalized poems placed on 50-year eras by their poet’s approximate writing years. Bar length is poem count; color leans dark or bright with average emotional tone.
Eras use a writing-age proxy (about age thirty), not known composition dates. Tone comes from interpretive emotion profiles.
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Poems in 1700s · 35
False though She be
William Congreve
Bittersweet reflection
Hope
Joseph Addison
Hopeful resilience
Hymn
Joseph Addison
Spiritual wonder
The Child's Complaint
Isaac Watts
Reflective yearning
The Day of Judgement
Isaac Watts
Dreadful anticipation
The Execration
Elizabeth Thomas
Bitter resignation
The Forsaken Wife
Elizabeth Thomas
Bittersweet defiance
Verses Written on her Death-Bed at Bath
Mary Monck
Tender resignation
My days have been so wondrous free
Thomas Parnell
Tender longing
When thy beauty appears
Thomas Parnell
Tender admiration
My Peggy is a young thing
Allan Ramsay
Joyful affection
To a Lady
John Gay
Reflective irony
A Drinking-Song
Henry Carey
Joyful revelry
Sally in our Alley
Henry Carey
Playful affection
Ode on Solitude
Alexander Pope
Contented reflection
Prayer of St. Francis Xavier
Alexander Pope
Spiritual devotion
Sir, I admit your general rule
Alexander Pope
Witty irony
Sound and Sense
Alexander Pope
Reflective admiration
The Dying Christian to his Soul
Alexander Pope
Spiritual resignation
The Happy Life of a Country Parson
Alexander Pope
Contented simplicity
A Hymn to the Moon
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Serene longing
The Rosebud
William Broome
Melancholic reflection
On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup
William Oldys
Contemplative acceptance
Come, gentle god of soft desire
James Thomson
Tender longing
On the Death of a Particular Friend
James Thomson
Profound sorrow
For One Departing
Charles Wesley
Spiritual solace
A Short Song of Congratulation
Samuel Johnson
Celebratory recklessness
An Extempore Elegy
Samuel Johnson
Tragic irony
Written at an Inn at Henley
William Shenstone
Contented reflection
Absence
Richard Jago
Longing melancholy
To a Lady With a Basket of Fruit
Richard Jago
Longing tenderness
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray
Reflective melancholy
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
Thomas Gray
Tragic irony
Spring Rain
Yosa Buson
Gentle renewal
A Dithyrambic on Wine
Thomas Godfrey
Joyful celebration