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“pain” across the centuries

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pre-1500 1 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 9 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 5 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 8 / 161 1800s 16 / 683 1850s 45 / 937 1900s 30 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 30 with this theme Show all eras

Andaluza
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Andaluza

by Grace Hazard Conkling · English

Grace Hazard Conkling portrait

7 February 1878 - 15 November 1958 (~80)

Columbines
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Columbines

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Death
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Death

by Thomas MacDonagh · English

Thomas MacDonagh portrait

1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)

Dreams
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Dreams

by Edgar A. Guest · English

Edgar A. Guest portrait

20 August 1881 - 5 August 1959 (~78)

Fire and Snow
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Fire and Snow

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

If I have suffered pain
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If I have suffered pain

by Charles Sorley · English

Charles Sorley portrait

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

Iliad
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Iliad

by Humbert Wolfe · English

Humbert Wolfe portrait

5 January 1885 - 5 January 1940 (~55)

Kin to Sorrow
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Kin to Sorrow

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

L'Abeille
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L'Abeille

by Paul Valéry · French

Paul Valéry portrait

30 October 1871 - 20 July 1945 (~74)

Melancholia
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Melancholia

by Paul Laurence Dunbar · English

Paul Laurence Dunbar portrait

27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)

Out of the sighs
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Out of the sighs

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Parting
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Parting

by Edward Thomas · English

Edward Thomas portrait

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Read history
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Read history

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright
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Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Sorrow
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Sorrow

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

The Dark Man
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The Dark Man

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

The Dying Swan
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The Dying Swan

by T. Sturge Moore · English

T. Sturge Moore portrait

4 March 1870 - 18 July 1944 (~74)

The Fernery
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The Fernery

by Hart Crane · English

Hart Crane portrait

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

The Hive
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The Hive

by Hart Crane · English

Hart Crane portrait

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

The Mandrake Root
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The Mandrake Root

by Herbert Gorman · English

Herbert Gorman portrait

January 1893 - 28 October 1954 (~61)

The Road and the End
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The Road and the End

by Carl Sandburg · English

Carl Sandburg portrait

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

The sun burns the morning
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The sun burns the morning

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

We Wear the Mask
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We Wear the Mask

by Paul Laurence Dunbar · English

Paul Laurence Dunbar portrait

27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)

Wild-cat, gnat and I
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Wild-cat, gnat and I

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

You loved me not at all
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You loved me not at all

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Your pain shall be a music
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Your pain shall be a music

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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