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Melancholy Poems Page #10

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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Is There a Place — Terri McCallister	Is there a place Away from the chaos Away from the madness From which there seems no escape Is there a place Where the quiet lives on a single...	555 views Rate it
A Magic Moment I Remember — Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin	A magic moment I remember: I raised my eyes and you were there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that's beautiful and rare I pray to mute...	555 views Rate it
The Wood — Charlotte Brontë	BUT two miles more, and then we rest ! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the brightness of the West Will light us on our devious way; ...	552 views Rate it
Windy Nights — Robert Louis Stevenson	Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires...	549 views Rate it
Doctors — Rudyard Kipling	Man dies too soon, beside his works half-planned. His days are counted and reprieve is vain: Who shall entreat with Death to stay his hand; Or cloke the...	548 views Rate it
Whispers of the Phoenix — Dean Tice	One morning, at dawn, I stared at the sky In the deep vast blue, your eyes as my flame A mighty Phoenix, near my heart flew by My heart made his home,...	547 views Rate it
BIG — Sommer Rains	You are big I am small Under your foot is where I live with each step That you take I am crushed Just like an ant You are big I am...	547 views Rate it
A Song of Honour — Ralph Hodgson	I climbed a hill as light fell short, And rooks came home in scramble sort, And filled the trees and flapped and fought And sang themselves to sleep; ...	547 views Rate it
Twilight Calm — Christina Georgina Rossetti	Oh, pleasant eventide! Clouds on the western side Grow grey and greyer, hiding the warm sun: The bees and birds, their happy labours done, Seek their...	547 views Rate it
Shadows from the grave. — A J C	The shadow from the grave. Deep into the darkness, I pair. Without any fears. Doubting if you still love me that is my biggest fear. But I look into my...	546 views Rate it
The Heart Of The Sourdough — Robert William Service	There where the mighty mountains bare their fangs unto the moon, There where the sullen sun-dogs glare in the snow-bright, bitter noon, And the...	545 views Rate it
So Cruel Prison — Henry Howard	So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy With a king's son my childish years did pass In greater feast than...	539 views Rate it
The Deception — Nadjina Camille	Dreading in my own thoughts Drowning in my own tears feeling the warmth of the sun on my skin, hearing a lovely melody emanating from the birds. ...	538 views Rate it
The Bridge: Atlantis — Harold Hart Crane	Through the bound cable strands, the arching path Upward, veering with light, the flight of strings,— Taut miles of shuttling moonlight syncopate The...	538 views Rate it
Go Down, Death — James Weldon Johnson	Weep not, weep not, She is not dead; She's resting in the bosom of Jesus. Heart-broken husband--weep no more; Grief-stricken son--weep no more;...	536 views Rate it
The Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet — Alfred Lord Tennyson	I...	535 views Rate it
Meditations In Time Of Civil War — William Butler Yeats	I Ancestral Houses SURELY among a rich man s flowering lawns, Amid the rustle of his planted hills, Life overflows without ambitious pains; And rains down...	534 views Rate it
The Debutante — Sommer Rains	The Debutante Life without friends is empty and bleak. like the pit of quicksand That they all gather round sitting, staring, ...	533 views Rate it
The Dreadful Story Of Pauline And The Matches — Heinrich Hoffmann	Mamma and Nurse went out one day, And left Pauline alone at play; Around the room she gayly sprang, Clapp'd her hands, and danced, and sang. Now, on the...	533 views Rate it
God-Forgotten — Thomas Hardy	I towered far, and lo! I stood within The presence of the Lord Most High, Sent thither by the sons of earth, to win Some answer to their...	533 views Rate it
Lights — Sara Teasdale	When we come home at night and close the door, Standing together in the shadowy room, Safe in our own love and the gentle gloom, Glad of familiar wall...	533 views Rate it
Chain Of Pearls — Rabindranath Tagore	Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of...	533 views Rate it
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl — John Greenleaf Whittier	To the Memory of the Household It Describes This Poem is Dedicated by the...	532 views Rate it
A DAUGHTERS CRY — mad hippie poet	She looked at me in the same way as she did as a child. The only thing was these tears were not the same as these tears wore my name. She looked at me now...	531 views Rate it
The Box — Lascelles Abercrombie	Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye, Around about the wondrous days of yore, They came across a kind of box Bound up with chains and locked...	531 views Rate it