Poem

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The Night is mother of the Day,
The Winter of the Spring,
And ever upon old Decay
The greenest mosses cling.

John Greenleaf Whittier

A Dream of Summer

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Topic

Night and day Season Circle of life

Author

John Greenleaf Whittier

Source

A Dream of Summer

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wittier, John Greenleaf. A Dream of Summer. c. 1847, st. 4.

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.

Archibald MacLeish

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Topic

Birds Poetry

Author

Archibald MacLeish

Source

Ars Poetica (MacLeish)

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

MacLeish, Archibald. "Ars Poetica." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, June 1926.

Current Citation

MacLeish, Archibald. "Ars Poetica." From Collected Poems 1917 to 1982. Mariner Books, 1985.

I know I am but summer to your heart,
And not the full four seasons of the year.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Topic

Summer love Flings

Author

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source

I Know I Am But Summer

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Millay, Edna St. Vincent. "I Know I Am But Summer." The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems. Harper & Brothers, 1923, I. 1.

Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine
To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.

Edward Young

Night Thoughts

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Topic

Inevitability of death Effects of time

Author

Edward Young

Source

Night Thoughts

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1742 1740s 18th century

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Original Citation

Young, Edward. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. London: R. Dodsley, 1742, Night 1, I. 204.

Current Citation

Young, Edward. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, edited by Stephen Cornford. Cambridge University Press, 2008, Night 1, I. 204.

Beauty for some provides escape,
Who gain a happiness in eyeing
The gorgeous buttocks of the ape
Or autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

Aldous Huxley

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Topic

Beauty

Author

Aldous Huxley

Source

Sententious Song Jonah

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Huxley, Aldous. "Sententious Song." Jonah. Holywell Press, 1917.

Time will rust the sharpest sword,
Time will consume the strongest cord;
That which moulders hemp and steel,
Mortal arm and nerve must feel.

Sir Walter Scott

Harold the Dauntless

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Topic

Time as destroyer Effects of time Time

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

Harold the Dauntless

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. Harold the Dauntless. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. /London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817, canto 1, st. 4.

an optimist is a guy
that has never had
much experience

Don Marquis

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Topic

Optimism

Author

Don Marquis

Source

Certain Maxims of Archy

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Marquis, Donald. "Certain Maxims of Archy." Archy and Mehitabel. The Evening Sun, c. 1927.

What are days for?
Days are where we live.

Philip Larkin

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Topic

Days Life

Author

Philip Larkin

Source

Days The Whitsun Weddings

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Larkin, Philip. "Days." The Whitsun Weddings. Faber and Faber, 1964, I. 1.

For where's the state beneath the firmament
That doth excel the bees for government?

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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Topic

Bees Good government Government

Author

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

Source

The Week, or the Creation of the World

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1578 1570s 16th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

De Saluste du Bartas, Guillaume. La Semaine; ou Creation du monde [The First Week; or the Creation of the World]. Paris: Michel Gadoulleau and Jean Febvrier, 1578, first week, fifth day, pt. 1.

Our hair
turns white with our ripening
as though to fly away in some
coming wind, bearing the seed
of what we know.

Wendell Berry

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Topic

Aging Wisdom

Author

Wendell Berry

Source

Ripening

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. "Ripening." A Part. North Point Press, 1980.

Oh! the old swimmin' hole! When I last saw the place,
The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face.

James Whitcomb Riley

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Topic

Remembering one's youth Aging

Author

James Whitcomb Riley

Source

The Old Swimmin' Hole

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Riley, James Whitcomb [published as Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone County]. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems. Indianapolis: George C. Hitt & Co., 1883, st. 5.

Current Citation

Riley, James Whitcomb. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." Little Orphant Annie and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2011, st. 5.

Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark.

Mark Van Doren

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Topic

Wit Power of humor Humor

Author

Mark Van Doren

Source

Wit

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Doren, Mark Van. "Wit." Collected Poems 1922–1938. Henry Holt & Company, 1939, st. 1.

O! many a shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word, at random spoken,
May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic

Comforting words Fortuitous occurrences

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Lord of the Isles

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1815 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. The Lord of the Isles. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, canto 5, st. 18.

By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying-
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Men and women Relationship challenges Relationships

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Unfortunate Coincidence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "Unfortunate Coincidence." Enough Rope. Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Topic

Looking back Changing of seasons Passage of time Melancholy

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 4.

Love is a thing.
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty, pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal
Whose flame creeps in at every hole.

George Peele

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

George Peele

Source

The Hunting of Cupid

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1591 1590s 16th century

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Citation

Peele, George. The Hunting of Cupid. c. 1591.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.

Joseph Addison

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Topic

Music

Author

Joseph Addison

Source

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Citation

Addison, Joseph. "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford." 1694.

War, he sung, is Toil and Trouble;
Honour, but an empty Bubble.
Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still, and still destroying;
If the World be worth thy winning,
Think, O think it worth enjoying.

John Dryden

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Topic

Anti-war War

Author

John Dryden

Source

Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1697 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dryden, John. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697, I. 97.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Alexander's Feast." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, I. 97.

From the first dawn of life unto the grave,
Poor womankind's in every state a slave.

Sarah Egerton

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Topic

Oppression of women Women's lives

Author

Sarah Egerton

Source

The Emulation Poems on Several Occasions Together with a Pastoral

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1703 1700s 18th century

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Citation

Egerton, Sarah. "The Emulation." Poems on Several Occasions, Together with a Pastoral. London: J. Nutt, 1703.

Oh how am I to face the odds
Of man's bedevilment and God's?
I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.

A.E. Housman

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Topic

Alienation Courage The human condition

Author

A.E. Housman

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. Last Poems. Henry Holt & Company, 1922, no. 12.

Current Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. "Last Poems." A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems, edited by Archie Burnett. Penguin Classics, 2010, no. 12.