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Poems in 1800s · 6 with this theme Show all eras

Beauty and Song
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Beauty and Song

by Thomas Moore · English

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Come into the garden, Maud
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Come into the garden, Maud

by Alfred Lord Tennyson · English

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

Farewell, Life!
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Farewell, Life!

by Thomas Hood · English

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

Music when Soft Voices Die
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Music when Soft Voices Die

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · English

4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)

Sympathy
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Sympathy

by Francis Hastings Doyle · English

21 August 1810 - 8 June 1888 (~78)

The Love-Adieu
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The Love-Adieu

by James Clarence Mangan · English

1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)

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