Solitude

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More solitude poems

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1. The Brook by Edward Thomas

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   nature, love, death
2. Sedge-Warblers by Edward Thomas

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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. "Home" by Edward Thomas

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   nature, beauty, hope
5. 'Mighty Eagle' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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   nature, beauty, hope
6. 'Tis One by One -- the Father counts -- by Emily Dickinson

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   solitude, time, night
7. 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte

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   nature, love, beauty
8. 101. Song—Composed in Spring by Robert Burns

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

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   nature, love, death
10. 123. Lines to an Old Sweetheart by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, war
11. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
18. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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

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

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    love, hope, solitude
21. 193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
22. 195. Song—A Rose-bud by my Early Walk by Robert Burns

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

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

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    nature, love, death
25. 220. Song—The Winter it is Past by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
27. 247. Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of Auchencruive by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
34. 29. Song—The Rigs o’ Barley by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
35. 292. Song—Farewell to the Highlands by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
36. 293. The Whistle: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
41. 324. Song—The Charms of Lovely Davies by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
42. 347. Song—Ye Jacobites by Name by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
43. 38. Epitaph on my Ever Honoured Father by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, grief
44. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
45. 398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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

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

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    nature, love, beauty
48. 421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
49. 447. Song—A red, red Rose by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
60. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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    love, death, solitude
61. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
71. A Better Ressurection by Christina Rossetti

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

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

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    nature, love, death
74. A Calendar of Sonnets: April by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, beauty
75. A Calendar of Sonnets: January by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, death
76. A Calendar of Sonnets: July by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, death, beauty
77. A Cat by Edward Thomas

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    nature, love, beauty
78. A Child Asleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, death
79. A Child's Laughter by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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

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    nature, love, death