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Welcome to our collection of poems about melancholy! The feeling of melancholy is a complex emotion that has long inspired poets to create some of the most beautiful and haunting verses. Our collection brings together a range of poems that explore the depths of this emotional state, from the pain of lost love to the ache of nostalgia. These poems capture the essence of melancholy through their evocative language and vivid imagery, inviting readers to embrace their own feelings of sadness and introspection. Whether you're seeking solace or simply appreciating the beauty of language, our collection offers a powerful exploration of the human condition. So come and immerse yourself in the rich and complex world of melancholy through the power of poetry.

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A Ballad of Burdens — Algernon Charles Swinburne	A Ballad of...	142 views Rate it
A Ballad of Death — Algernon Charles Swinburne	Kneel down, fair Love, and fill thyself with tears, Girdle thyself with sighing for a girth Upon the sides of mirth, Cover thy lips and eyelids, let thine...	194 views Rate it
A Ballad Of Fair Ladies In Revolt — George Meredith	I...	67 views Rate it
A Ballad of Footmen — Amy Lowell	Now what in the name of the sun and the stars Is the meaning of this most unholy of...	171 views Rate it
A Ballad Of François Villon, Prince Of All Ballad-Makers — Algernon Charles Swinburne	Bird of the bitter bright grey golden morn Scarce risen upon the dusk of dolorous years, First of us all and sweetest singer born Whose far shrill note...	56 views Rate it
A Ballad Of Pikeville — Ambrose Bierce	Down in Southern Arizona where the Gila monster thrives, And the 'Mescalero,' gifted with a hundred thousand lives, Every hour renounces one of them by...	85 views Rate it
A Ballad Of Too Much Beauty — Richard Le Gallienne	There is too much beauty upon this earth For lonely men to bear, Too many eyes, too enchanted skies, Too many things too fair; And the man who would live...	18 views Rate it
A Ballad Of Whitechapel — Isaac Rosenberg	God's mercy shines ; And our full hearts must make record of this, For grief that burst from out its dark confines Into strange sunlit...	97 views Rate it
A Ballad With A Serious Conclusion — James Whitcomb Riley	Crowd about me, little children - Come and cluster 'round my knee While I tell a little story That happened once with me. My father he had gone away...	9 views Rate it
A Ballad, Shewing How An Old Woman Rode Double, And Who Rode Before Her — Robert Southey	The Raven croak'd as she sate at her meal, And the Old Woman knew what he said, And she grew pale at the Raven's tale, And sicken'd and went to her...	184 views Rate it
A Ballad, Shewing How An Old Woman Rode Double, And Who Rode Before Her. — Robert Southey	The Raven croak'd as she sate at her meal, And the Old Woman knew what he said, And she grew pale at the Raven's tale, And sicken'd and went to her bed. ...	13 views Rate it
A Ballad. — Edward Woodley Bowling	I. I cannot rest o' the night, Mother, For my heart is cold and wan: I fear the return o' light, Mother, Since my own true love is gone. O winsome aye...	7 views Rate it
A Barren "Idealty." — George W Doneghy	This song that I sing-- It is not of a spring, Nor yet of a silvery stream-- But of a vision bright Which came last night In the garb of a blissful...	10 views Rate it
A Barren Miracle — A.D. Small	A Barren Miracle Prompt: A Road That's Worth Traveling A Million Miles Elenore Saga Part: 4 Dear diary, it's Charles checking in It's a crisp...	7 views Rate it
A Basket of Flowers — Adam Lindsay Gordon	From Dawn to Dusk DAWN ON skies still and starlit White lustres take hold, And grey flushes scarlet, And red flashes gold. And sun-glories cover The...	198 views Rate it
A Battle — Isabella Valancy Crawford	SLOWLY the Moon her banderoles of light Unfurls upon the sky; her fingers drip Pale, silvery tides; her armoured warriors Leave Day's bright tents of...	84 views Rate it
A battle within… — Alicia Barajas	Each day that passes, a new fear is unleashed Filled with doubt and desperation Not knowing what comes next or what could be. The fear of the...	50 views Rate it
A battle you couldn't survive... — Pratiti Kaushal	You don't even realise, you're losing yourself. You don't even realise, its because of someone...	54 views Rate it
A bazaar of loneliness — Riddhima	A bazaar of loneliness 1 the mother tongue of the poet is living alone alone like the woods of a distant village on a night when the rain...	7 views Rate it
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed — Jonathan Swift	Corinna, Pride of Drury-Lane, For whom no Shepherd sighs in vain; Never did Covent Garden boast So bright a batter'd, strolling Toast; No drunken Rake to...	245 views Rate it
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed. — Jonathan Swift	WRITTEN FOR THE HONOUR OF THE FAIR SEX. 1731 Corinna, pride of Drury-Lane, For whom no shepherd sighs in vain; Never did Covent-Garden boast So...	46 views Rate it
A Beggar's Song — Kurt Philip Behm	My last attempt to circle the square anger takes the throne Isolated no longer to share servitude...	15 views Rate it
A Better Ressurection — Christina Georgina Rossetti	I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numbed too much for hopes or fears. Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift...	129 views Rate it
A Better Resurrection — Christina Georgina Rossetti	I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numbed too much for hopes or fears. Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift...	29 views Rate it
A better tomorrow — Lee-Ann Venter	Better tomorrow The sun was out It brought darkness about I opened my eyes But felt a world full of lies The flowers so bright But just nothing...	1 view Rate it