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17 Comforting Poems About the Loss of a Loved One
Sometimes it's hard to put loss into words, but poems about losing a loved one can help you comfort a friend, family member, ...
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The Iliad, Book I, [A Friend Consigned to Death]
"Sleeping so? Thou hast forgotten me, Akhilleus. Never was I uncared for in life but am in death. Accord me burial in all haste: let me pass the gates of Death. Shades that are images of used-up men ...
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Seven poems you didn’t know you knew
The poem is about the loss of a beloved friend in life. The poem’s title is in reference to Arthur Henry Hallam, who sadly and suddenly died when both men were at university. It took Tennyson 17 ...
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Poems on Loss, Death, Grief, Mourning
In losing you I lost my sun and moon And all the stars that blessed my lonely night. I lost the hope of Spring, the joy of June, The Autumn’s peace, the Winter’s firelight. I lost the zest of living, ...