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1. "By the Waters of Babylon." by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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   nature, love, death
2. "De Gustibus--" by Robert Browning

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   nature, love, death
3. "The Lass With The Delicate Air" by John Clare

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   nature, love, war
4. 'Twas just this time, last year, I died. by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, death, faith
5. 'Twas later when the summer went by Emily Dickinson

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   time, choice
6. 'Twould ease -- a Butterfly -- by Emily Dickinson

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   death, time, choice
7. 130. Nature’s Law: A Poem by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
8. 136. Prayer—O Thou Dread Power by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
9. 144. A Winter Night by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
10. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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    nature, love, death
11. 19. A Prayer in the Prospect of Death by Robert Burns

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    love, hope, solitude
12. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

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    nature, love, death
13. 193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
14. 201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
15. 25. My Father was a Farmer: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
16. 254. Caledonia: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
17. 26. John Barleycorn: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
18. 264. Song—On a Bank of Flowers by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
19. 293. The Whistle: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
20. 296. The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
21. 306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
22. 310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
23. 352. The Song of Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
24. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
25. 39. Ballad on the American War by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
26. 395. Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
27. 437. Song—Thine am I, my faithful Fair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
28. 45. My Girl she’s Airy: A Fragment by Robert Burns

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    love, beauty, choice
29. 518. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 1 by Robert Burns

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    nature, hope, faith
30. 519. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
31. 520. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 3 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
32. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
33. 59. Death and Dr. Hornbook by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
34. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
35. 83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
36. 87. The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
37. 91. The Vision by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
38. 92. Suppressed Stanzas of “The Vision” by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
39. A Ballad of Burdens by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
40. A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
41. A Ballad of Dreamland by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, hope
42. A Ballad upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling

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    nature, love, death
43. A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier

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    nature, love, death
44. A Boston Ballad, 1854. by Walt Whitman

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    nature, love, death
45. A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
46. A Calendar of Sonnets: March by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, faith
47. A Calendar of Sonnets: November by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, death
48. A Child Asleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, death
49. A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, death
50. A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
51. A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HIMSELF AND MISTRESS ELIZAWHEELER, UNDER THE NAME OF AMARILLIS by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
52. A DREAM by William Blake

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    nature, love, beauty
53. A Day Dream by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, death
54. A Dead Rose by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, beauty
55. A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, beauty
56. A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, death
57. A Dream by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    love, death, hope
58. A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

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    nature, love, hope
59. A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
60. A Face by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
61. A Farewell by Coventry Patmore

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    nature, love, hope
62. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    nature, love, death
63. A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh

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    nature, love, death
64. A Farewell to the World by Ben Jonson

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    nature, hope, solitude
65. A Fragment by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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    nature, love, death
66. A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley

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    nature, love, death
67. A Game of Fives by Lewis Carroll

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    love, solitude, identity
68. A Gentleman by Edward Thomas

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    faith, time, choice
69. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
70. A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
71. A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
72. A Hymn To God The Father by John Donne

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    nature, death, solitude
73. A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa by Richard Crashaw

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    nature, love, death
74. A Letter From the Trenches to a School Friend by Charles Sorley

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    nature, love, death
75. A Letter from Artemesia in the Town to Chloe in the Country by John Wilmot

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    nature, love, death
76. A Letter to Her Husband by Anne Bradstreet

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    nature, love, beauty
77. A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, death
78. A Light Woman by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
79. A Light exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, hope, solitude
80. A London Plane-Tree by Amy Levy

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    nature, love, time