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“spring” + ring across the centuries

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ring 7 poems springs 2 poems

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pre-1500 1 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 2 / 90 1600s 6 / 176 1650s 1 / 58 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 10 / 684 1850s 32 / 942 1900s 36 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1750s · 2 with this theme Show all eras

Ode Written in the Year 1746
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Ode Written in the Year 1746

by WIlliam Collins · English

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25 December 1721 - 12 June 1759 (~38)

The smiling Spring
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The smiling Spring

by Robert Burns · English

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25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

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