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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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Canzone V. — Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)	Nella stagion che 'l ciel rapido inchina. NIGHT BRINGS REPOSE TO OTHERS, BUT NOT TO HIM. In that still season, when the rapid sun Drives down...	11 views Rate it
A Dialogue — Ella Wheeler Wilcox	HE Let us be friends. My life is sad and lonely, While yours with love is beautiful and bright. Be kind to me: I ask your friendship only. No...	11 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...	11 views Rate it
Epistles To Mr. Pope. Epistle I. — Edward Young	Concerning the Authors of the Age. 1730. Whilst you at Twickenham plan the future wood, Or turn the volumes of the wise and good, Our senate meets; at...	11 views Rate it
Alphabet, No. 5. — Edward Lear	A A was an Area Arch Where washerwomen sat; They made a lot of lovely starch To starch Papa's Cravat. B B was a Bottle...	11 views Rate it
Daylicht Has Mony Een. — David Rorie	O! can'le licht's baith braw and bricht At e'en when bars are drawn, But can'le licht's a dowie sicht When dwinin' i' the dawn. Yet dawn can bring nae...	11 views Rate it
The Divine Comedy by Dante: The Vision of Hell, Or The Inferno: Canto III — Dante Alighieri	"THROUGH me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my...	11 views Rate it
Amavimus, Amamus, Amabimus — Arthur Shearly Cripps	Persephone, Persephone! Still I fancy I can see Thee amid the daffodils. Golden wealth thy basket fills; Golden blossoms at thy breast; Golden hair that...	11 views Rate it
A Medley: Tears, Idle Tears (The Princess) — Alfred Lord Tennyson	Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the...	11 views Rate it
By The Fire — Aldous Leonard Huxley	We who are lovers sit by the fire, Cradled warm 'twixt thought and will, Sit and drowse like sleeping dogs In the equipoise of all desire, Sit and listen...	11 views Rate it
An Ode to Natural Beauty — Alan Seeger	There is a power whose inspiration fills Nature's fair fabric, sun- and star-inwrought, Like airy dew ere any drop distils, Like perfume in the laden...	11 views Rate it
Sea Spray And Smoke Drift — Adam Lindsay Gordon	Podas Okus Am I waking? Was I sleeping? Dearest, are you watching yet? Traces on your cheeks of weeping Glitter, 'tis in vain you fret; Drifting ever!...	11 views Rate it
In War-Time — Florence Earle Coates	Further and further we leave the scene Of war—and of England’ s care; I try to keep my mind serene— But my heart stays...	11 views Rate it
I Know Thou Art Free — Alice Cary	I know thou art free from earth’s sordid control, In the beautiful mansions above— That sorrow can never be flung o’er the soul That rests in the...	11 views Rate it
Lily Lee — Alice Cary	I did love thee, Lily Lee, As the petrel loves the sea. As the wild bee loves the thyme, As the poet loves his rhyme, As the blossom loves the dew — But...	11 views Rate it
Tasting the Earth — James Oppenheim	In a dark hour, tasting the...	11 views Rate it
Who? — Ehsan Sehgal	At this age In this stage An incurable disease Who will travel, With my broken heart The burden of grief The flow of tears in the eyes And...	11 views Rate it
Lassie — Elaine C. George	I stand before you after all these years Amid the ocean brine with misty tears On these old banks above the Fundy Bay With all those words I never got to...	11 views Rate it
You Still Breathe — Ehsan Sehgal	Whenever you become alone With your loneliness in an elderly time In a foreign land among the strangers Far away from your homeland, Family, friends, and...	11 views Rate it
Strada St. Ursola.—Malta — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	"A View of many dwellings, long tenanted by the last remnants of...	11 views Rate it
The Church at Polignac — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	[Written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of...	11 views Rate it
The Delectable Mountains — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	"Is this the way to the celestial city? ⁠"You are just in the way. "————They went up the mountains, to behold the gardens and the...	11 views Rate it
Don't let me repeat — Tania thompson-Spencer	Don't let my cry fall on deaf ears, Nor let my actions sit still... Don't let me beat the pavement, The way my request beat at your heart... Let me...	11 views Rate it
That still lingers on — Frank Anthony Cimino jr	That still lingers on Every breath I breathe is sharp Every heartbeat I feel is dull I am completely drained of life And of death, I am completely full I...	11 views Rate it
Outcome Of Courage — Ehsan Sehgal	The memories stay, Waving in mind The heart keeps you Hiding...	11 views Rate it