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identity poems

A public collection of 1585 poems tagged with identity.

1. "De Gustibus--" by Robert Browning

   "Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees," — Robert Browning, ""De Gustibus--""

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

   ""Faithful to the end" Amended" — Emily Dickinson, ""Faithful to the end" Amended"

   love, death, beauty
3. "Heaven" has different Signs -- to me -- by Emily Dickinson

   ""Heaven" has different Signs -- to me --" — Emily Dickinson, ""Heaven" has different Signs -- to me --"

   nature, death, beauty
4. "Home" by Edward Thomas

   "FAIR was the morning, fair our tempers, and" — Edward Thomas, ""Home""

   nature, beauty, hope
5. 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte

   "'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight," — Emily Bronte, "'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight"

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

   "'Twas just this time, last year, I died." — Emily Dickinson, "'Twas just this time, last year, I died."

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

   "ADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;" — Robert Burns, "115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton"

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

   "FAREWELL, old Scotia’s bleak domains," — Robert Burns, "128. The Farewell"

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

   "THE GLOOMY night is gath’ring fast," — Robert Burns, "137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr"

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

    "WHEN biting Boreas, fell and dour," — Robert Burns, "144. A Winter Night"

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

    "GUDEWIFE,I MIND it weel in early date," — Robert Burns, "155. Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House"

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

    "O THOU Great Being! what Thou art," — Robert Burns, "16. A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent Anguish"

    death, solitude, grief
13. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

    "Believe me, dear patrons, I have wand'red too far," — Major Henry Livingston, Jr., "1819 New Year's Carrier's Address"

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

    "MY lord, I know your noble ear" — Robert Burns, "185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water"

    nature, love, death
15. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

    "If I should die, think only this of me:" — Rupert Brooke, "1914 V: The Soldier"

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

    "WHY, ye tenants of the lake," — Robert Burns, "193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit"

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

    "AFAR 1 the illustrious Exile roams," — Robert Burns, "201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787"

    nature, death, hope
18. 204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship by Robert Burns

    "YOUR friendship much can make me blest," — Robert Burns, "204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship"

    love, grief, identity
19. 220. Song—The Winter it is Past by Robert Burns

    "THE WINTER it is past, and the summer comes at last" — Robert Burns, "220. Song—The Winter it is Past"

    nature, love, solitude
20. 226. Song—I hae a Wife o’ my Ain by Robert Burns

    "I HAE a wife of my ain," — Robert Burns, "226. Song—I hae a Wife o’ my Ain"

    grief, faith, war
21. 244. The Henpecked Husband by Robert Burns

    "Chorus.—Robin shure in hairst," — Robert Burns, "244. The Henpecked Husband"

    death, war, identity
22. 25. My Father was a Farmer: A Ballad by Robert Burns

    "MY father was a farmer upon the Carrick border, O," — Robert Burns, "25. My Father was a Farmer: A Ballad"

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

    "MY heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie," — Robert Burns, "273. Song—Tam Glen"

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

    "HEAR, Land o’ Cakes, and brither Scots," — Robert Burns, "278. On the late Captain Grose’s Peregrinations"

    nature, death, beauty
25. 29. Song—The Rigs o’ Barley by Robert Burns

    "IT was upon a Lammas night," — Robert Burns, "29. Song—The Rigs o’ Barley"

    nature, love, beauty
26. 294. Song—To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

    "THOU ling’ring star, with lessening ray," — Robert Burns, "294. Song—To Mary in Heaven"

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

    "FINTRY, my stay in wordly strife," — Robert Burns, "306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790"

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

    "WHEN chapman billies leave the street," — Robert Burns, "310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale"

    nature, love, death
29. 383. Song—My Wife’s a winsome wee thing by Robert Burns

    "Chorus.—She is a winsome wee thing," — Robert Burns, "383. Song—My Wife’s a winsome wee thing"

    love, beauty, faith
30. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

    "WHILE Europe’s eye is fix’d on mighty things," — Robert Burns, "386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle"

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

    "WHEN Guilford good our pilot stood" — Robert Burns, "39. Ballad on the American War"

    nature, love, death
32. 391. A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc. by Robert Burns

    "WHEN Princes and Prelates," — Robert Burns, "391. A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc."

    identity
33. 398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns

    "O MIRK, mirk is this midnight hour," — Robert Burns, "398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad"

    nature, love, death
34. 403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad by Robert Burns

    "WHEN wild war’s deadly blast was blawn," — Robert Burns, "403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad"

    nature, love, beauty
35. 419. Bonie Jean: A Ballad by Robert Burns

    "THERE was a lass, and she was fair," — Robert Burns, "419. Bonie Jean: A Ballad"

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

    "Chorus—O aye my wife she dang me," — Robert Burns, "511. Song—O aye my wife she dang me"

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

    "’TWAS in the seventeen hunder year" — Robert Burns, "520. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 3"

    nature, death, beauty
38. 540. Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns

    "’TIS Friendship’s pledge, my young, fair Friend," — Robert Burns, "540. Inscription to Chloris"

    nature, love, death
39. 551. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 4 by Robert Burns

    "WHA will buy my troggin, fine election ware," — Robert Burns, "551. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 4"

    solitude, faith, war
40. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

    "WHILE winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw," — Robert Burns, "56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet"

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

    "O THOU, who in the heavens does dwell," — Robert Burns, "57. Holy Willie’s Prayer"

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

    "SOME books are lies frae end to end," — Robert Burns, "59. Death and Dr. Hornbook"

    nature, love, death
43. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

    "Soule of my soule! my Joy, my crown, my friend!" — Katherine Philips, "6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey"

    love, death, solitude
44. 7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear by Robert Burns

    "AH, woe is me, my mother dear!" — Robert Burns, "7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear"

    nature, love, grief
45. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

    "UPON that night, when fairies light" — Robert Burns, "75. Halloween"

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

    "GUDE pity me, because I’m little!" — Robert Burns, "79. Adam Armour’s Prayer"

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

    "MY lov’d, my honour’d, much respected friend!" — Robert Burns, "83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night"

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

    "’TWAS 1 in that place o’ Scotland’s isle," — Robert Burns, "87. The Twa Dogs"

    nature, love, death
49. 88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer by Robert Burns

    "YE Irish lords, ye knights an’ squires," — Robert Burns, "88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer"

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

    "THE SUN had clos’d the winter day," — Robert Burns, "91. The Vision"

    nature, love, death
51. A Baby's Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

    "A little soul scarce fledged for earth" — Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Baby's Death"

    nature, love, death
52. A Ballad Of The Trees And The Master by Sidney Lanier

    "Into the woods my Master went," — Sidney Lanier, "A Ballad Of The Trees And The Master"

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

    "The burden of fair women. Vain delight," — Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Ballad of Burdens"

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

    "Kneel down, fair Love, and fill thyself with tears," — Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Ballad of Death"

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

    "I hid my heart in a nest of roses," — Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Ballad of Dreamland"

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

    "I tell thee, Dick, where I have been," — Sir John Suckling, "A Ballad upon a Wedding"

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

    "TO get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early;" — Walt Whitman, "A Boston Ballad, 1854."

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

    "Thrice, and above, blest, my soul's half, art thou," — Robert Herrick, "A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK"

    nature, love, death
59. A Calendar of Sonnets: January by Helen Hunt Jackson

    "O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire," — Helen Hunt Jackson, "A Calendar of Sonnets: January"

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

    "How he sleepeth! having drunken" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "A Child Asleep"

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

    "Welcome, sweet Christmas, blest be the morn" — William Topaz McGonagall, "A Christmas Carol"

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

    "Once a dream did weave a shade" — William Blake, "A DREAM"

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

    "On a sunny brae, alone I lay" — Emily Bronte, "A Day Dream"

    nature, love, death
64. A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall

    "Beautiful silvery Tay," — William Topaz McGonagall, "A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay"

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

    "DEATH:" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "A Dialogue"

    nature, love, death
66. A Dream by Edward Thomas

    "OVER known fields with an old friend in dream" — Edward Thomas, "A Dream"

    nature, love, beauty
67. A Dream by Helen Hunt Jackson

    "I dreamed that I ws dead and crossed the heavens,--" — Helen Hunt Jackson, "A Dream"

    love, death, hope
68. A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree -- by Emily Dickinson

    "A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree --" — Emily Dickinson, "A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree --"

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

    "If one could have that little head of hers" — Robert Browning, "A Face"

    nature, love, death
70. A Farewell by Amy Levy

    "(After Heine.)" — Amy Levy, "A Farewell"

    nature, love, death
71. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

    "How the mountains talked together," — Oliver Wendell Holmes, "A Farewell to Agassiz"

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

    "Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies," — Sir Walter Raleigh, "A Farewell to False Love"

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

    "FALSE world, good night! since thou hast brought" — Ben Jonson, "A Farewell to the World"

    nature, hope, solitude
74. A Flower-Piece By Fantin by Algernon Charles Swinburne

    "Heart's ease or pansy, pleasure or thought," — Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Flower-Piece By Fantin"

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

    "Through airy roads he wings his instant flight" — Phillis Wheatley, "A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E."

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

    "Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One:" — Lewis Carroll, "A Game of Fives"

    love, solitude, identity
77. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

    "Let us begin and carry up this corpse," — Robert Browning, "A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe"

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

    "Ah whither, Love, wilt thou now carry me?" — Edmund Spenser, "A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty"

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

    "Rapt with the rage of mine own ravish'd thought," — Edmund Spenser, "A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty"

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

    "Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun," — John Donne, "A Hymn To God The Father"

    nature, death, solitude