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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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love, men — William Blake	I love men I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did...	2,213 views Rate it
Tamar — Robinson Jeffers	I A night the half-moon was like a dancing-girl, No, like a drunkard's last half-dollar Shoved on the polished bar of the eastern hill-range, Young...	2,004 views Rate it
Warfare Source: Distempers of the Human Mind — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PROLOGUE: Behold, how war and peace are so aligned. Haply appearing sometimes as comedy. At other times to sadly all remind; there’s sometimes joy...	1,970 views Rate it
A Poet is a Proverbial Messenger — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Words as a kernel The proverbs of poetry As a healing balm As cures for our deceptions Our wounds and our injuries As a mustard seed Feeble and...	1,941 views Rate it
The House with Nobody in It — Joyce Kilmer	Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I've passed it a hundred times,...	1,889 views Rate it
Ode To Liberty — Percy Bysshe Shelley	Yet, Freedom, yet, thy banner, torn but flying, Streams like a thunder-storm against the...	1,813 views Rate it
Asphodel, That Greeny Flower — William Carlos Williams	Of asphodel, that greeny flower, like a buttercup upon its branching stem- save that it's green and wooden- I...	1,790 views Rate it
Do not go gentle into that good night — Dylan Thomas	Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at...	1,745 views Rate it
Lamentations — Siegfried Sassoon	I found him in the guard-room at the Base. From the blind darkness I had heard his crying And blundered in. With puzzled, patient face A sergeant...	1,642 views Rate it
Maud Muller — John Greenleaf Whittier	Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic...	1,624 views Rate it
The Tyger — William Blake	Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forest of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful...	1,617 views Rate it
Meeting — Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva	Evening dimmed, like ourselves charmed With this first warmth of the spring. Stirring alive, Arbat was alarmed; With sympathetic tenderness, the kind Gale...	1,589 views Rate it
Peace or Happiness…let it enfold you — Charles Bukowski	I was a young man I felt these things were dumb, unsophisticated. I had bad blood, a twisted mind, a precarious upbringing. I was hard as...	1,581 views Rate it
Let me die — Tosher.	"Let me die" I'm not in the mood Oh! darkened deep! deepen as it could Let me drown blown forever In your deep eyes--ends never! Oh! Lemme die!...	1,542 views Rate it
Who Are You Today? — Jordan Salkin	Very soon you will be gone, So who are you today? A brilliant soul or silhouette Of conscience on display, The bridge between the hopes and dreams...	1,503 views Rate it
The Waste Land — T. S. Eliot	"Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σιβυλλα τι θελεις; respondebat illa: αποθανειν...	1,479 views Rate it
The Idiot Boy — William Wordsworth	'Tis eight o'clock,--a clear March night, The moon is up,--the sky is blue, The owlet, in the moonlight air, Shouts from nobody knows where; He...	1,452 views Rate it
Faces — Walt Whitman	SAUNTERING the pavement, or riding the country by-road--lo! such faces! Faces of friendship, precision, caution, suavity, ideality; The...	1,417 views Rate it
The Betrothed — Rudyard Kipling	"You must choose between me and your cigar." -- BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, CIRCA...	1,403 views Rate it
I Saw Him on the Road Less Taken — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I saw him on the road less taken. The gentleman named Robert Frost. While I was frail and quite forsaken. He, most certainly, was not lost. While he...	1,354 views Rate it
The Desire — Nadjina Camille	Humans occasionally claim to love themselves We say it to mask our sadness of not being wanted. The Sensation of being desired The Desire to be...	1,334 views Rate it
The Blessed Damozel — Dante Gabriel Rossetti	The blessed damozel lean'd out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters still'd at even; She...	1,332 views Rate it
The Day Of Doom — Michael Wigglesworth	Still was the night, Serene & Bright, when all Men sleeping lay; Calm was the season, & carnal reason thought so 'twould last for ay. Soul, take thine...	1,328 views Rate it
Duino Elegies: The First Elegy — Rainer Maria Rilke	Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies? and even if one of them suddenly pressed me against his heart, I would perish in the...	1,323 views Rate it
Solomonic Influence in Shakespeare’s Work — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life is a tall tale. Full of sound, raging fury. It is vanity. Acts of vanity. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity. Two philosophers. Both...	1,315 views Rate it

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