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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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Gibran’s ‘River’ Courses Our Lives — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The River Cannot Go Back: A Parable “The River Cannot Go Back,” declared once the mystic and poet, Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran. author of “The...	591 views Rate it
The Grey Monk — William Blake	1 'I die, I die!' the Mother said, 2 'My children die for lack of bread. 3 What more has the merciless Tyrant said?' 4 The Monk sat down...	588 views Rate it
Swan Song — Algernon Charles Swinburne	We are not sure of sorrow, And joy was never sure; To-day will die tomorrow; Time stoops to no man’s lure; And love grown faint and fretful, With lips but...	588 views Rate it
An Indian Love Song — Sarojini Naidu	He...	587 views Rate it
Libertad! Igualdad! Fraternidad! — William Carlos Williams	You sullen pig of a man you force me into the mud with your stinking...	584 views Rate it
Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey — William Wordsworth	Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With a...	580 views Rate it
My friend in the wall. — A J C	My friend in the wall. You can see the fields are a waste, and the very cold winter blast is coming fast and cozy here beneath the blast. Where will...	577 views Rate it
Hellbound Train — Anonymous Americas	A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain To dream that he rode on...	577 views Rate it
Locksley Hall — Alfred Lord Tennyson	Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn: Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the...	576 views Rate it
My pains and sorrows. — A J C	My pains and sorrows. If I do not dream and I do not sleep, then why do you sit here and weep for me? You'll hold all your dreams in like a cloud holds...	573 views Rate it
An Easter Flower Gift — John Greenleaf Whittier	O dearest bloom the seasons know, Flowers of the Resurrection blow, Our hope and faith restore; And through the bitterness of death And loss and sorrow,...	573 views Rate it
The Sobbing Of The Bells — Walt Whitman	THE sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere, The slumberers rouse, the rapport of the People, (Full well they know that message in...	572 views Rate it
Evening Harmony — Charles Baudelaire	The hour has come at last when, trembling to and fro, Each flower is a censer sifting its perfume; The scent and sounds all swirl in evening’s gentle...	572 views Rate it
Enoch Arden — Alfred Lord Tennyson	Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm; And in the chasm are foam and yellow sands; Beyond, red roofs about a narrow wharf In cluster; then a...	572 views Rate it
We Give Life All Its Meaning — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life without meaning. Is ever so demeaning. It is a nightmare. Without one’s comprehension. A dream without vision. Life full of meaning. Is a...	571 views Rate it
Ode: Intimations of Immortality — William Wordsworth	I...	570 views Rate it
Pain — Jessica Millitello	The worst kind of pain, Is when you're just there. You can't breathe, no tears come out, And you ache to just not care. The physical pain is hell, ...	570 views Rate it
On Another's Sorrow — William Blake	Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel...	569 views Rate it
His Excellency General Washington — Phillis Wheatley	Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light, Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write. While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms, She flashes...	568 views Rate it
The Cyclists — Amy Lowell	Spread on the roadway, With open-blown jackets, Like black, soaring pinions, They swoop down the hillside, The...	567 views Rate it
All The Little Hoofprints — Robinson Jeffers	Farther up the gorge the sea's voice fainted and ceased. We heard a new noise far away ahead of us, vague and metallic, it might have been some unpleasant...	565 views Rate it
Ecstasy — Sarojini Naidu	Cover mine eyes, O my Love! Mine eyes that are weary of bliss As of light that is poignant and strong O silence my lips with a kiss, My lips that are...	560 views Rate it
On life — Brian Kobrenski	Love rushes in, like a breath of fresh air. Intoxicating, overwhelming, a feeling without...	559 views Rate it
From Love to Friendship — Voltaire	If you would have me love once more, The blissful age of love restore; From wine's free joys, and lovers' cares, Relentless time, who no man spares, Urges...	559 views Rate it
A Dream — Robert Burns	Guid-Mornin' to our Majesty! May Heaven augment your blisses On ev'ry new birth-day ye see, A humble poet wishes. My bardship here, at your Levee On...	559 views Rate it