| Work | Author | Literary reference |
|---|
| Absalom, Absalom! | | Bible 2 Samuel 19:4
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| | Bible Psalm 66:13
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A che punto è la notte
(literally, "At which point is the night") | and Franco Lucentini | Bible Isaiah 21:11
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| After Many a Summer Dies the Swan | | , |
| Ah, Wilderness! | | , Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| Alien Corn (play) | | , "Ode to a Nightingale" |
| (short story) | | , "Ode to a Nightingale" |
| All the King's Men | | , "Humpty Dumpty" |
| All Passion Spent | | , Samson Agonistes |
| Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea | | , |
| Anglo-Saxon Attitudes | | , Through the Looking-Glass |
| Antic Hay | | , Edward II |
| Arms and the Man | | Virgil, Aeneid |
| As I Lay Dying | | Homer, Odyssey |
| Beautiful World, Where Are You | | , "The Gods of Greece" |
| Behold the Man | | Bible John 19:5
|
| Beneath the Bleeding | | , East Coker |
| Beyond the Mexique Bay | | , "Bermudas" |
| Blithe Spirit | | , "To a Skylark" |
| Blood's a Rover | | , A Shropshire Lad, Poem ("Reveille") |
| Blue Remembered Earth | | , A Shropshire Lad, Poem |
| Blue Remembered Hills | | , A Shropshire Lad, Poem |
| Bonjour Tristesse | | , "À Peine Défigurée" |
| Brandy of the Damned | | , Man and Superman |
| Burning Bright | | , |
| Burning Bright | | , |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | | , "American Names" |
| Butter In a Lordly Dish | | Bible Judges 5:25
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| By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept | | Bible Psalm 137:1
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| Cabbages and Kings | | , Through the Looking-Glass ("The Walrus and the Carpenter") |
| Captains Courageous | | traditional "The ballad of Mary Ambree" |
| Carrion Comfort | | , "Carrion Comfort" |
| | , Moby-Dick |
| | Bible Psalm 90:3
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| Clouds of Witness | | Bible Hebrews 12:1
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| | , Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting |
| Consider the Lilies | | Bible Matthew 6:28
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| Consider Phlebas | | , |
| Cover Her Face | | , The Duchess of Malfi |
| | , Il Penseroso |
| | , "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" |
| | , |
| Dance Dance Dance | | , "Death's Echo" |
| | , "Dover Beach" |
| Darkness Visible | | , Paradise Lost |
| Darkness Visible | | , Paradise Lost |
| | , Paradise Lost |
| Darkness Visible | | , Paradise Lost |
| Death Be Not Proud | | , Holy Sonnets X |
| | , |
| Down to a Sunless Sea | | , Kubla Khan |
| Down to a Sunless Sea | | , Kubla Khan |
| Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | | , |
| | Horace, Odes iii 2.13 |
| Dying of the Light | | , "Do not go gentle into that good night" |
| East Is East | | , |
| East of Eden | | Bible Genesis 4:16
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| Ego Dominus Tuus | | Dante, La Vita Nuova |
| Endless Night | | , |
| England's Green | | , |
| Everything is Illuminated | | , The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| | Quran 13:18 (Arthur John Arberry) |
| Except the Lord | | Bible Psalm 127:1[1]
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| Eyeless in Gaza | | , Samson Agonistes |
| Fair Stood the Wind for France | | , Ballad of Agincourt |
| Fame Is the Spur | | , |
| | , "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" |
| Far From the Madding Crowd | | , Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| and Pamela Whitlock | , Sohrab and Rustum |
| | , "A Farewell to Arms (To Queen Elizabeth)" |
| Fear and Trembling | | Bible Philippians 2:12
|
| Fearful Symmetry | | , |
| | , |
| For a Breath I Tarry | | , A Shropshire Lad, Poem |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | | , Meditation XVII |
| Frequent Hearses | | , |
| From Here to Eternity | | , "Gentlemen-Rankers" |
| | Bible Proverbs 4:7
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| | , "The Pulley" |
| | , "" |
| | , The Maid of Orleans |
| | , "The Song of the Wandering Angus" |
| | Bible Ecclesiastes 12:6
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| Gone with the Wind | | , "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynara" |
| | , "Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
| Great Work of Time | | , "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland" |
| | Bible Psalm 37:35
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| | , |
| Have His Carcase | | Homer, Iliad (William Cowper) |
| | Bible Jeremiah 17:9
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| | , "The Lonely Hunter" |
| His Dark Materials | | , Paradise Lost |
| Horseman, Pass By | | , "Under Ben Bulben" |
| | Bible Ecclesiastes 7:4
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| How Doth the Little Crocodile? | | , Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ("How Doth the Little Crocodile") |
| How Sleep the Brave | | , "How Sleep the Brave" |
| How Sleep the Brave | | , "How Sleep the Brave" |
| How Sleep the Brave | | , "How Sleep the Brave" |
| Human Voices | | , |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | | , "Sympathy" |
| I Sing the Body Electric! | | , "I Sing the Body Electric" |
| I Will Fear No Evil | | Bible Psalm 23:4
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| If I Forget Thee Jerusalem | | Bible Psalm 137:5
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| If Not Now, When? | | Pirkei Avot 1:13 |
| In Death Ground | and Steve White | Sun Tzu, The Art of War |
| In a Dry Season | | , |
| In Dubious Battle | | , Paradise Lost |
| In the Forests of the Night | | , |
| In a Glass Darkly | | Bible 1 Corinthians KJV
|
| | , "The Broken Tower" |
| It's a Battlefield | | , The Invasion of the Crimea, Vol. 6 |
| Jacob Have I Loved | | Bible Romans 9:13
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| Jesting Pilate | | , Of Truth |
| | Bible |
| | Bible 1 Corinthians KJV
|
| | , Murder in the Cathedral |
| | Zhuangzi, Book XXIII, paragraph 7 |
| Let Us Now Praise Famous Men | | Bible Ecclesiasticus 44:1
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| Lilies of the Field | | Bible Matthew 6:28
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| This Lime Tree Bower | | , |
| | , The Analysis of Beauty |
| Little Boy Lost | | , |
| | Bible Song of Songs KJV
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| Little Hands Clapping | | , "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" |
| | , |
| | , Epipsychidion |
| Look Homeward, Angel | | , |
| Look to Windward | | , |
| | , The Birth of Tragedy |
| | , "Andrea del Sarto" |
| | , Religio Medici |
| Many Waters | | Bible Song of Songs KJV
|
| | , "The Kingdom of God" |
| | , |
| | Bible Matthew 18:6
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| | , |
| Moab Is My Washpot | | Bible Psalm 60:8
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| | Matsuo Bashō, Sarumino |
| Monstrous Regiment | | , The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| | , The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| | Bible Psalm 121:6
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| Mother Night | | , Faust, Part One |
| | , Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| | , |
| Mr Standfast | | , The Pilgrim's Progress |
| Nectar in a Sieve | | , |
| | Bible Matthew KJV
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| Nine Coaches Waiting | | , The Revenger's Tragedy |
| No Country for Old Men | | , "Sailing to Byzantium" |
| No Highway | | , The Wanderer |
| No Longer at Ease | | , Journey of the Magi |
| Noli Me Tangere | | Bible John 20:17
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| Not Honour More | | , "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres" |
| Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal | | , |
| Number the Stars | | Bible Psalm 147:4
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| O Jerusalem! | and Larry Collins | Bible Psalm 137:5
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| O Pioneers! | | , "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" |
| Of Human Bondage | | , Ethics |
| Of Mice and Men | | , "To a Mouse" |
| Oh! To be in England | | , "Home Thoughts From Abroad" |
| | , "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" |
| | , Middlemarch |
| Out of Africa | | Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis, 8, 6. |
| | , "Lift Not The Painted Veil Which Those Who Live" |
| Pale Kings and Princes | | , "La Belle Dame sans Merci" |
| | , |
| Paths of Glory | | , Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| | , "Passage to India" |
| Poison Tree | | , |
| | , |
| Postern of Fate | | , "The Gates of Damascus" |
| Precious Bane | | , Paradise Lost |
| | , |
| Quo Vadis | | Bible John 13:36 (Vulgate translation)
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| Recalled to Life | | , A Tale of Two Cities |
| Recalled to Life | | , A Tale of Two Cities |
| Ring of Bright Water | | , "The Marriage of Psyche" |
| The Road Less Traveled | | , "The Road Not Taken" |
| | Bible 1 Corinthians KJV
|
| | , Gettysburg Address |
| | , |
| | , |
| | | , "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" |
| Some Buried Caesar | | , Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| Specimen Days | | 's prosework |
| | , The Duchess of Malfi |
| Stranger in a Strange Land | | Bible Exodus 2:22
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| | , |
| | , The White Devil |
| | Bible Ecclesiastes 1:5
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| Surprised by Joy | | , "Surprised by Joy" |
| | , "Morning Song of Senlin" |
| Taming a Sea Horse | | , "My Last Duchess" |
| Tender Is the Night | | , |
| Terrible Swift Sword | | , "Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
| That Good Night | | , "Do not go gentle into that good night" |
| That Hideous Strength | | , Ane Dialog |
| Things Fall Apart | | , "The Second Coming" |
| This Side of Paradise | | , "Tiare Tahiti" |
| Those Barren Leaves | | , "The Tables Turned" |
| Thrones, Dominations | | , Paradise Lost |
| Tiger! Tiger | (alternative title of The Stars My Destination) | | , |
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| | , |
| Time and Chance | | Bible Ecclesiastes 9:11
|
| | Bible Ecclesiastes 9:11
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| Time and Chance | | Bible Ecclesiastes 9:11
|
| Time and Chance | | Bible Ecclesiastes 9:11
|
| | , "Twelfth Night" |
| Time of our Darkness | | , "For the Fallen" |
| | Bible Ecclesiastes 3:3
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| Time To Murder And Create | | , |
| Tirra Lirra by the River | | , |
| To a God Unknown | | Rigveda Book X |
| To Sail Beyond the Sunset | | , |
| To Say Nothing of the Dog | | , Three Men in a Boat |
| To Your Scattered Bodies Go | | , Holy Sonnets VIII |
| | , |
| Unweaving the Rainbow | | , "Lamia" |
| Vanity Fair | | , The Pilgrim's Progress |
| Vile Bodies | | Bible Philippians 3:21
|
| | Bible Matthew 11:12 (Douay translation)
|
| | , Through the Looking-Glass ("Jabberwocky") |
| | Bible Romans 6:23
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| Waiting for the Barbarians | | , "Waiting for the Barbarians" |
| Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life | | , Recollections of a Busy Life[2] |
| | , From Ritual to Romance |
| | Bible Joshua 23:14 (as rephrased in John Wesley's Explanatory Notes)
|
| | , "The Way Through the Woods" |
| | Bible Isaiah 61:6
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| What's Become of Waring | | , "Waring" |
| When the Green Woods Laugh | | , |
| Where Angels Fear to Tread | | , |
| | | , "The Second Coming" |
| Wildfire at Midnight | | , The Revenger's Tragedy |
| | , A Shropshire Lad, Poem |
| | Bible Psalm 55:6
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| | , The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale |
| | Book of Common Prayer |
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