War

Collection index

More war poems

A first shelf from the war collection. Open any title to read the poem page.

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

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   nature, love, death
2. "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, love, death
3. "It was wrong to do this," said the angel by Stephen Crane

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   nature, faith, war
4. "The Lass With The Delicate Air" by John Clare

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   nature, love, war
5. 'Mighty Eagle' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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   nature, beauty, hope
6. 101. Song—Composed in Spring by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
14. 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
16. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

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

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    nature, death, hope
18. 209. Song—M’Pherson’s Farewell by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
33. 311. On the Birth of a Posthumous Child by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
34. 314. Song—There’ll never be Peace till Jamie comes hame by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, grief
35. 347. Song—Ye Jacobites by Name by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, solitude
44. 449. Song—The Flowery banks of Cree by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
45. 466. Ode for General Washington’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
46. 494. Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
47. 518. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 1 by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
55. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, hope
66. A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
75. A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, death
76. A Door just opened on a street -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, war
77. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    nature, love, death
78. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

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

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

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    nature, love, death