Poem

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England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-My country!

William Cowper

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Topic

England Patriotism

Author

William Cowper

Source

The Timepiece The Task

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 2.

We wove a web in childhood,
A web of sunny air;
We dug a spring in infancy
Of water pure and fair;
We sowed in youth a mustard seed,
We cut an almond rod;
We are now grown up to riper age —
Are they withered in the sod?

Charlotte Brontë

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Topic

Aging Youth Impermanence Effects of time

Author

Charlotte Brontë

Source

We wove a web in childhood

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Brontë, Charlotte. "We wove a web in childhood." 1835.

Current Citation

Brontë, Charlotte. "From 'Retrospection.'" Brontës: Selected Poems, edited by Pamela Norris. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.

Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.

Theognis of Megara

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Adaptability

Author

Theognis of Megara

Source

Elegies

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

541 BC 540s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Theognis. Elegies. c. 541 BC.

Current Citation

Theognis. "Elegies." Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies, translated by Dorothea Wender. Penguin Classics, 1976.

That politician tops his part,
Who readily can lie with art.

John Gay

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Topic

Politics and lies Politicians Politics

Author

John Gay

Source

The Squire and his Cur Fables (John Gay)

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Gay, John. "The Squire and his Cur." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 27.

Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.

Jules Laforgue

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Topic

Nature of life Spending time Passage of time Life

Author

Jules Laforgue

Source

Les Complaintes

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Laforgue, Jules. "Complainte sur certains ennuis." Les Complaintes. Paris: Léon Vanier, 1885.

Grief melts away
Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Topic

Moving forward Grief

Author

George Herbert

Source

The Flower The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 1.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 1.

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you–Nobody–Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise–you know!
How dreary–to be–Somebody!
How public–like a Frog–
To tell one's name–the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Anonymity

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

I'm Nobody! Who are you? Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight.

Sir John Suckling

Fragmenta Aurea

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Appetite Hunger

Author

Sir John Suckling

Source

Fragmenta Aurea

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1641 1640s 17th century

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Citation

Suckling, John, Sir. Fragmenta Aurea. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1646, sonnet 2, stanza 3.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Change

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

An Essay on Criticism

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 335.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, l. 335.

Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things;
We murder to dissect.
Enough of science and of art;
Close up these barren leaves.

William Wordsworth

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Topic

Limits of science

Author

William Wordsworth

Source

The Tables Turned

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 26.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 26.

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.

Dorothy Parker

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Glasses

Author

Dorothy Parker

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "News Item." The Collected Poetry Of Dorothy Parker. The Modern Library, 1936, p. 70, I. 1.

Full nakedness, all joys are due to thee.
As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be,
To taste whole joys.

John Donne

The Harmony of the Muses

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Topic

Nakedness

Author

John Donne

Source

To His Mistress Going to Bed The Harmony of the Muses

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "To His Mistress Going to Bed." The Harmony of the Muses. London: William Gilbertson, 1654, I. 33.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy: To His Mistress Going to Bed." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 33.

Women are really much nicer than men:
No wonder we like them.

Kingsley Amis

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Kingsley Amis

Source

A Bookshop Idyll

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Amis, Kingsley. "A Bookshop Idyll." A Case of Samples: Poems 1946–1956. Gollancz, 1956.

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Alfred Tennyson

In Memoriam A.H.H.

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Topic

Doubt vs. certainty Doubt and skepticism Faith

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

In Memoriam A.H.H.

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 96, st. 3.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 96, st. 3.

What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

Thomas Gray

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Topic

Nature of women Jewelry

Author

Thomas Gray

Source

Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Gray, Thomas. "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes." Collection of Poems by Several Hands. Vol. 2, London, 1748. Originally sent in a letter to Horace Walpole, 1 Mar. 1747.

Think nothing done while aught remains to do.

Samuel Rogers

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Topic

Finishing a task

Author

Samuel Rogers

Source

Human Life

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Rogers, Samuel. Human Life. London: John Murray, 1819, I. 49.

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Topic

Diversity of religion Kindness

Author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Source

The World's Need

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Wilcox, Ella. "The World's Need." Custer, and Other Poems. W. B. Conkey Company, 1896, I. 1.

Progress may have been all right once, but it went on too long.

Ogden Nash

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Topic

Conservatism Progress

Author

Ogden Nash

Source

Come, Come, Kerouac! My Generation is Beater Than Yours. The New Yorker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Nash, Ogden. "Come, Come, Kerouac! My Generation is Beater Than Yours." The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 1959.

The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass the gates of Hades, and to lie deep buried.

Theognis of Megara

Elegies

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Topic

Being born The human condition

Author

Theognis of Megara

Source

Elegies

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

545 BC 540s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Theognis. Elegies. c. 541 BC.

Current Citation

Theognis. "Elegies." Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies, translated by Dorothea Wender. Penguin Classics, 1976.

What millions died-that Caesar might be great!

Thomas Campbell

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Topic

Great man theory of history

Author

Thomas Campbell

Source

Pleasures of Hope

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Campbell, Thomas. "Pleasures of Hope, Part II." The Pleasures of Hope; With Other Poems. Edinburgh: Jones Bull, c. 1800.