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“bird” + bluebird across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
bluebird 1 poem birds 49 poems blackbird 4 poems birdsong 1 poem hummingbird 1 poem

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Poems in 1850s · 32 with this theme Show all eras

A Bird Song
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A Bird Song

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Birthday
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A Birthday

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Legend of the Northland
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A Legend of the Northland

by Phoebe Cary · English

Phoebe Cary portrait

4 September 1824 - 31 July 1871 (~47)

A Memory of Youth
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A Memory of Youth

by William Butler Yeats · English

William Butler Yeats portrait

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

A Thrush Before Dawn
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A Thrush Before Dawn

by Alice Meynell · English

Alice Meynell portrait

11 October 1847 - 27 November 1922 (~75)

At Half past Three, a single Bird
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At Half past Three, a single Bird

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Bird or Beast
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Bird or Beast

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Brave as a falcon and as merciless
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Brave as a falcon and as merciless

by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · English

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt portrait

17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)

Caged Skylark
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Caged Skylark

by Gerard Manley Hopkins · English

Gerard Manley Hopkins portrait

28 July 1844 - 8 June 1889 (~45)

Gone Forever
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Gone Forever

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Hope is the thing with feathers
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Hope is the thing with feathers

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

If I should n't be alive
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If I should n't be alive

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

In the Garden
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In the Garden

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Kildeer
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Kildeer

by Edgar Lee Masters · English

Edgar Lee Masters portrait

23 August 1868 - 5 March 1950 (~82)

L'Albatros
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L'Albatros

by Charles Baudelaire · French

Charles Baudelaire portrait

9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867 (~46)

Loyalty
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Loyalty

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

No Brigadier throughout the Year
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No Brigadier throughout the Year

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Now I am on the earth
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Now I am on the earth

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

Ode to a Starling
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Ode to a Starling

by Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton · English

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton portrait

8 November 1831 - 24 November 1891 (~60)

Regret
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Regret

by Richard Le Gallienne · English

Richard Le Gallienne portrait

20 January 1866 - 15 September 1947 (~81)

Song of Palms
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Song of Palms

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

The Blackbird
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The Blackbird

by William Ernest Henley · English

William Ernest Henley portrait

23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)

The Bluebird
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The Bluebird

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Cypress
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The Cypress

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

The Darkling Thrush
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The Darkling Thrush

by Thomas Hardy · English

Thomas Hardy portrait

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Humming-Bird
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The Humming-Bird

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Kingfisher
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The Kingfisher

by William Canton · English

William Canton portrait

27 October 1845 - 2 May 1926 (~81)

The Robin
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The Robin

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The White Peacock
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The White Peacock

by William Sharp · English

William Sharp portrait

12 September 1855 - 12 December 1905 (~50)

The Windhover
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The Windhover

by Gerard Manley Hopkins · English

Gerard Manley Hopkins portrait

28 July 1844 - 8 June 1889 (~45)

To hear an oriole sing
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To hear an oriole sing

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

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