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“faith” + faithless across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
faithless 1 poem faithful 1 poem

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced any of these terms. Click an era to focus the poem list below.

pre-1500 1 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 8 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 162 1800s 19 / 683 1850s 32 / 939 1900s 13 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

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Come, Come, Whoever You Are
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Come, Come, Whoever You Are

by Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī · Persian

Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī portrait

30 September 1207 - 17 December 1273 (~66)

A Hymn to God the Father
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A Hymn to God the Father

by John Donne · English

John Donne portrait

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

A Jet Ring Sent
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A Jet Ring Sent

by John Donne · English

John Donne portrait

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

A Hymne to God the Father
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A Hymne to God the Father

by Ben Jonson · English

Ben Jonson portrait

c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637 (~65)

Epitaph
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Epitaph

by Katherine Philips · English

Katherine Philips portrait

1 January 1632 - 22 June 1664 (~32)

Hymn
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Hymn

by Joseph Addison · English

Joseph Addison portrait

1 May 1672 - 17 June 1719 (~47)

Still in the Wrong
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Still in the Wrong

by John Skinner · English

John Skinner portrait

3 October 1721 - 16 June 1807 (~86)

Pippa's Song
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Pippa's Song

by Robert Browning · English

Robert Browning portrait

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

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