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“lover” + love across the centuries

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love 903 poems lovers 52 poems clover 2 poems

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pre-1500 10 / 30 BCE 6 / 12 1500s 5 / 10 1550s 44 / 91 1600s 103 / 177 1650s 37 / 60 1700s 11 / 35 1750s 60 / 164 1800s 163 / 687 1850s 222 / 948 1900s 253 / 1125 1950s 2 / 15

Poems in BCE · 6 with this theme Show all eras

Hymn to Aphrodite
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Hymn to Aphrodite

by Sappho · Greek

Sappho portrait

c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC (~40)

Laodamia's Lament
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Laodamia's Lament

by Publius Ovidius Naso · Latin

Publius Ovidius Naso portrait

20 March 43 BC - c. 17 (~60)

Ode IV.1
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Ode IV.1

by Quintus Horatius Flaccus · Latin

Quintus Horatius Flaccus portrait

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Odi et amo
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Odi et amo

by Gaius Valerius Catullus · Latin

Gaius Valerius Catullus portrait

c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)

phainetai moi
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phainetai moi

by Sappho · Greek

Sappho portrait

c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC (~40)

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