Death

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More death poems

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1. "All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher" by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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   nature, love, death
2. "Arcturus" is his other name by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, love, death
3. "By the Waters of Babylon." by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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

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   nature, love, death
5. "Faithful to the end" Amended by Emily Dickinson

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   love, death, beauty
6. "Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach! by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, death, hope
7. "Heaven" has different Signs -- to me -- by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, death, beauty
8. "Heavenly Father" -- take to thee by Emily Dickinson

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   death, faith
9. "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, love, death
10. "Nature" is what we see -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, death, faith
11. 'Twas a long Parting -- but the time by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
12. 'Twas here my summer paused by Emily Dickinson

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    death, faith
13. 'Twas just this time, last year, I died. by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, death, faith
14. 'Twould ease -- a Butterfly -- by Emily Dickinson

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    death, time, choice
15. 101. Song—Composed in Spring by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
16. 115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
17. 117. Song—Farewell to Eliza by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
18. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
19. 130. Nature’s Law: A Poem by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
21. 137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
23. 15. Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
24. 155. Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
25. 16. A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent Anguish by Robert Burns

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    death, solitude, grief
26. 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
27. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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    nature, love, death
28. 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
29. 1914 I: Peace by Rupert Brooke

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    love, death, grief
30. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

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

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    nature, death, hope
32. 203. Sylvander to Clarinda by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
33. 209. Song—M’Pherson’s Farewell by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
34. 234. A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
35. 244. The Henpecked Husband by Robert Burns

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    death, war, identity
36. 247. Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of Auchencruive by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
41. 273. Song—Tam Glen by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
42. 278. On the late Captain Grose’s Peregrinations by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
43. 280. The Kirk of Scotland’s Alarm: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
44. 285. Song—I Gaed a Waefu’ Gate Yestreen by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
46. 294. Song—To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
48. 297. Election Ballad for Westerha’ by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
49. 304. Song—I Murder hate by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
51. 309. Verses on Captain Grose by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, faith
52. 310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
53. 347. Song—Ye Jacobites by Name by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
54. 352. The Song of Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
55. 370. Song—Sic a Wife as Willie had by Robert Burns

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    death, beauty
56. 375. Song—The Deuks dang o’er my Daddie by Robert Burns

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

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

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    nature, love, death
59. 394. Song—Braw Lads o’ Gala Water by Robert Burns

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    love, death, war
60. 398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
62. 438. Impromptu on Mrs. Riddell’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
63. 447. Song—A red, red Rose by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
64. 466. Ode for General Washington’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
65. 478. Epigram on a Suicide by Robert Burns

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    death, faith
66. 494. Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
67. 511. Song—O aye my wife she dang me by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, solitude
68. 519. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, death, beauty
70. 538. Song—Now Spring has clad the grove in green by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
71. 540. Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
72. 548. The Dean of Faculty: A new Ballad by Robert Burns

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    love, death, beauty
73. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
74. 57. Holy Willie’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
76. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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    love, death, solitude
77. 73. Song—Farewell to Ballochmyle by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
79. 79. Adam Armour’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death