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A public collection of 27 poems tagged with general.
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167. Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster
by Robert Burns
"HERE lie Willie Michie’s banes;" — Robert Burns, "167. Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster"
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Adrian's Address to His Soul When Dying
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
"Animula! vagula, Blandula," — George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Adrian's Address to His Soul When Dying"
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Between the form of Life and Life
by Emily Dickinson
"Between the form of Life and Life" — Emily Dickinson, "Between the form of Life and Life"
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Defrauded I a Butterfly --
by Emily Dickinson
"Defrauded I a Butterfly --" — Emily Dickinson, "Defrauded I a Butterfly --"
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Epitaph on John Adams, of Southwell, a Carrier, Who Died of Drunkenness
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
"JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell," — George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Epitaph on John Adams, of Southwell, a Carrier, Who Died of Drunkenness"
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Epitaphium
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"[LATIN VERSION OF THE EPITAPH IN GRAY'S ELEGY.]" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Epitaphium"
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Floss won't save you from an Abyss
by Emily Dickinson
"Floss won't save you from an Abyss" — Emily Dickinson, "Floss won't save you from an Abyss"
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Forbidden Fruit A Flavor Has
by Emily Dickinson
"Forbidden fruit a flavor has" — Emily Dickinson, "Forbidden Fruit A Flavor Has"
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Fragment: A Serpent-Face
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"His face was like a snake's--wrinkled and loose" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Fragment: A Serpent-Face"
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Fragment: Death in Life
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"My head is heavy, my limbs are weary," — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Fragment: Death in Life"
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Happy Thought
by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The world is so full of a number of things," — Robert Louis Stevenson, "Happy Thought"
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How Human Nature dotes
by Emily Dickinson
"How Human Nature dotes" — Emily Dickinson, "How Human Nature dotes"
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If Nature smiles -- the Mother must
by Emily Dickinson
"If Nature smiles -- the Mother must" — Emily Dickinson, "If Nature smiles -- the Mother must"
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In Horologium
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Inter marmoreas Leonorae pendula colles" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "In Horologium"
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Lines Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on His Election for Westminster
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
"WOULD you go to the house by the true gate," — George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Lines Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on His Election for Westminster"
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Martial, Lib. I. Epig. I
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
""Hic est, quem legis, ille, quem requiris," — George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Martial, Lib. I. Epig. I"
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My life has been the poem
by Henry David Thoreau
"My life has been the poem I would have writ," — Henry David Thoreau, "My life has been the poem"
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Of Life to own --
by Emily Dickinson
"Of Life to own --" — Emily Dickinson, "Of Life to own --"
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Of Nature I shall have enough
by Emily Dickinson
"Of Nature I shall have enough" — Emily Dickinson, "Of Nature I shall have enough"
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Snow beneath whose chilly softness
by Emily Dickinson
"Snow beneath whose chilly softness" — Emily Dickinson, "Snow beneath whose chilly softness"
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Snow flakes.
by Emily Dickinson
"Snow flakes." — Emily Dickinson, "Snow flakes."
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So much Summer
by Emily Dickinson
"So much Summer" — Emily Dickinson, "So much Summer"
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The Blossom
by William Blake
"Merry, merry sparrow!" — William Blake, "The Blossom"
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The Butterfly's Assumption Gown
by Emily Dickinson
"The Butterfly's Assumption Gown" — Emily Dickinson, "The Butterfly's Assumption Gown"
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The Child Is Father To The Man
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
"'The child is father to the man.'" — Gerard Manley Hopkins, "The Child Is Father To The Man"
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To his Girls
by Robert Herrick
"Wanton wenches do not bring" — Robert Herrick, "To his Girls"
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Tradition, thou art for suckling children
by Stephen Crane
"Tradition, thou art for suckling children," — Stephen Crane, "Tradition, thou art for suckling children"
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