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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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On The Fly-Leaf Of Erckmann-Chatrian's Novel Entitled "Madame Therese." — Toru Dutt	Wavered the foremost soldiers,--then fell back. Fallen was their leader, and loomed right before The sullen Prussian cannon, grim and black, With lighted...	14 views Rate it
Ibant Obscuae — Thomas Edward Brown	To-night I saw three maidens on the beach, Dark-robed descending to the sea, So slow, so silent of all speech, And visible to me Only by that strange...	14 views Rate it
A Tale - Epilogue To "The Two Poets Of Croisic." — Robert Browning	What a pretty tale you told me Once upon a time Said you found it somewhere (scold me!) Was it prose or was it rhyme, Greek or Latin? Greek, you said,...	14 views Rate it
Come Unto Me — Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass	"Come unto me!" Ah, gentlest word E'er breathed in human ear! "I am thy Savior and thy Lord; Dear child, thou need'st not fear. "Come unto me in...	14 views Rate it
Raymond And Ida — Manmohan Ghose	Raymond. Dearest, that sit'st in dreams, Through the window look, this way. How changed and desolate seems The world, Ida, to-day! Heavy and low the...	14 views Rate it
Democritus And The People Of Abdera. — Jean de La Fontaine	How do I hate the tide of vulgar thought! Profane, unjust, with childish folly fraught; It breaks and bends the rays of truth divine, And by its own...	14 views Rate it
Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment VIII — James Macpherson	By the side of a rock on the hill, beneath the aged trees, old Oscian sat on the moss; the last of the race of Fingal. Sightless are his aged eyes; his...	14 views Rate it
King Lear's Wife — Gordon Bottomley	(To T.S.M.) DRAMATIS PERSONAE: LEAR, King of Britain. HYGD, his Queen. GONERIL, daughter to King Lear. CORDEIL, daughter to King Lear....	14 views Rate it
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Canto The Fourth. — George Gordon Byron	I. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand: I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of...	14 views Rate it
Burial Of Sarah. — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	He stood before the sons of Heth, And bowed his sorrowing head; "I've come," he said, "to buy a place Where I may lay my dead. "I am a stranger in...	14 views Rate it
A Bird's-Eye View — Christina Georgina Rossetti	'Croak, croak, croak,' Thus the Raven spoke, Perched on his crooked tree As hoarse as hoarse could be. Shun him and fear him, Lest the Bridegroom hear...	14 views Rate it
A Ballad of Bath — Algernon Charles Swinburne	Like a queen enchanted who may not laugh or weep, Glad at heart and guarded from change and care like ours, Girt about with beauty by days and nights that...	14 views Rate it
The Race — Adam Lindsay Gordon	On the hill they are crowding together, In the stand they are crushing for room, Like midge-flies they swarm on the heather, They gather like bees on the...	14 views Rate it
The life — Ehsan Sehgal	Deprivations deprive the joy Grief causes the lunacy Pain becomes a worry Ignoring attitude Waves the death feeling Though it is, a short indeed But it is...	14 views Rate it
My Harp — John Rollin Ridge	Oh must I fling my harp aside, Nor longer let it soothe my heart? No! sooner might the tender bride From th’ first night’s nuptial chamber part!...	14 views Rate it
Ever Faithful to You — Lucian B. Watkins	When e'er I read these words, Dear Heart, of your sweet valentine, I'm sure no heart can ever feel a sweeter joy than...	14 views Rate it
Be boundless — alexis karpouzos	Τhere is a cry deeper than all sound, tears hidden that overflowing as waves, a shadows language that whispering in the ear of life, ''be boundless,...	14 views Rate it
Lie Down on Me — Elaine C. George	I wait for you in the moonlight In the quiet of the night Within this room that holds So many moments of your...	14 views Rate it
Blind from sight — Skyler Dakaasin Boeve	Shadow tis why comes… Despair crying out… It consumes me, Unseen by thee. Live each day Dead everyday Seeming to be happy Hidden sorrow in her...	14 views Rate it
I am the DARK — Jason Berger (Amarantine)	"I am the dark inside your mind I put the hole there so one day you'd find. I play a part in all stars that shine. For they could not without my...	14 views Rate it
Frozen Butterfly Wings — Jason Berger (Amarantine)	Branches-- unfold cell communications glow. Axons grow. Vectoring to what we...	14 views Rate it
A million miles from now — Jason Berger (Amarantine)	Breathing in. Porously. Bioluminosity. Plasma and sparks. Dare to befriend the unseen. O' light in the dark. Purple impossible-- dreaming wake. Coded...	14 views Rate it
Stop, Leave me alone — Tania thompson-Spencer	Say's the little girl beat within a inch of her life, How does she cope? I know deep within myself, I harness hope. Only wanting to laugh and play.. Never...	14 views Rate it
Poetic Sketches. Sketch Fourth — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	I do love These old remembrances—they are to me The heart’s best intercourse; I love to feel The griefs, the happiness, the wayward fates Of those that...	14 views Rate it
A Prisoner Of The Hague — Ehsan Sehgal	I have written My biography And the life journey In that journey I have seen, worn and borne The grief, pain, and tears Apathy of own blood And family...	14 views Rate it