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“eyes” across the centuries

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. Click an era to focus the poem list below (click again to show samples from all eras).

pre-1500 1 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 5 / 91 1600s 5 / 177 1650s 4 / 60 1700s 0 / 35 1750s 1 / 164 1800s 6 / 687 1850s 6 / 947 1900s 25 / 1124 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1600s · 5 with this theme Show all eras

The Cherry
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The Cherry

by Richard Allison · English

Richard Allison portrait

c. 1570 - c. 1615 (~45)

The lark now leaves his wat'ry nest
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The lark now leaves his wat'ry nest

by Sir William Davenant · English

Sir William Davenant portrait

c. February 1606 - 7 April 1668 (~62)

The Message
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The Message

by John Donne · English

John Donne portrait

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

Weep, O mine eyes
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Weep, O mine eyes

by John Bennet · English

John Bennet portrait

c. 1575 - c. 1614 (~39)

Weep, weep, mine eyes
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Weep, weep, mine eyes

by John Wilbye · English

John Wilbye portrait

7 March 1574 - September 1638 (~64)

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