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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 Child’s Prayer — Silas Weir Mitchell	HOLY MOTHER! Holy Mother! In the dark I fear. Light me with thy shining eyes, Be thou ever...	87 views Rate it
A Child’s Smile — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik	A CHILD'S smile--nothing more; Quiet, and soft, and grave, and seldom seen; Like summer lightning o'er, Leaving the little face again...	92 views Rate it
A Child’s Treasures — Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon	Thou art home at last, my darling one, Flushed and tired with thy play, From morning dawn until setting sun Hast thou been at sport away; And thy steps...	81 views Rate it
A Chill From Within — Mario William Vitale	there's a certain path I like to take out of a forest by a tree after the new fallen snow exposed to the elements alone drifting through the sullen...	97 views Rate it
A Chilly Night — Christina Rossetti	I rose at the dead of night, And went to the lattice alone To look for my Mother’s ghost Where the ghostly moonlight...	101 views Rate it
A chirp — Twinkle	A Chirp Everyday, I heard the voice of beloved, She consolidated and i understood Ruminating her, her nursing became a duty, Everytime i saw her...	0 views Rate it
A Chorus — Elizabeth Jennings	Over the surging tides and the mountain kingdoms, Over the pastoral valleys and the meadows, Over the cities with their factory darkness, Over the lands...	12 views Rate it
A Christ-child Day in Australia — Ethel Turner	A COPPER concave of a sky Hangs high above my head. Vague thunder sullenly goes by With dragging, muffled tread. The hot air faints upon...	126 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol — Charles Kingsley	It chanced upon the merry merry Christmas eve, I went sighing past the church across the moorland dreary- 'Oh! never sin and want and woe this earth will...	76 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol For 1862 — George MacDonald	THE YEAR OF THE TROUBLE IN LANCASHIRE. The skies are pale, the trees are stiff, The earth is dull and old; The frost is glittering as if The very sun...	16 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol. — Freeman Edwin Miller	The brazen bells of laughing lands In swelling echoes wildly ring, And over seas and hoary strands This Christmas carol sing. "Awaken, O, heart of...	18 views Rate it
A Christmas Colloquy — John Crowe Ransom	THE country farmer has his joys Of little city girls and boys When brother Thomas brings his brood Of motherless brats in Christmas mood To try our...	104 views Rate it
A Christmas Fancy — Robert Fuller Murray	Early on Christmas Day, Love, as awake I lay, And heard the Christmas bells ring sweet and clearly, My heart stole through the gloom Into your silent...	98 views Rate it
A Christmas Greeting — Edgar Albert Guest	Here's to you, little mother, With your boy so far away; May the joy of service smother All your grief this Christmas day; May the magic of his splendor...	109 views Rate it
A Christmas Memory — James Whitcomb Riley	Pa he bringed me here to stay 'Til my Ma she's well.--An' nen He's go' hitch up, Chris'mus-day, An' come take me back again Wher' my Ma's at! Won't I be...	94 views Rate it
A Christmas Prayer (from the trenches) — Cyril Winterbotham	Not yet for us may Christmas bring Good-will to men, and peace; In our dark sky no angels sing, Not yet the great release For men, when war shall...	112 views Rate it
A classic — Supporting a friend!	Roses are red Violets are blue I don’t know the rest sooooo yeah...	4 views Rate it
A clipped wing — Belinda Dryden	A clipped...	8 views Rate it
A Clock Striking Midnight — Thomas Lovell Beddoes	Hark to the echo of Time’s footsteps; gone Thise moments are into the unseen grave Of ages. Thy have vanished nameless. None, While they are deep under...	69 views Rate it
A close shave — Alan Parry-Booth	A CLOSE SHAVE. It seems that beards are back in Vogue For some guys on the telly Are sporting sets of whiskers Which reach down to their...	55 views Rate it
A Clown's Prelude. — Charles Hamilton Musgrove	Behold! I cover up this trail of tears A moment's weakness left upon my cheek, And hush my heart a little ere I speak Lest the false note ring true on...	10 views Rate it
A cold day in July — Given Mamokadi Motimele	Cold day in July... Woke up before the day after the fair It was harmed by a very painful pain When asking for renewal of contact Denied request...	10 views Rate it
A cold day in July — Given Mamokadi Motimele	A cold day in July... Woke up before the day after the fair It was harmed by a very painful pain When asking for renewal of the contract Denied...	1 view Rate it
A Cold Dooas. — John Hartley	One neet aw went hooam, what time aw can't tell, But it must ha been lat, for awd th' street to mysel. Furst one clock, then t'other, kept ringin aght...	9 views Rate it
A cold Night — Ajji	As the cold breeze sweeps through the empty streets, lighted up by flickering monochromatic street lamps. I look up to witness the dark sky, adorned with...	0 views Rate it

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