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Melancholy Poems

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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The White Man's Burden — Rudyard Kipling	Take up the White man's burden -- Send forth the best ye breed -- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness ...	20,239 views Rate it
The Miracle of Morning — Amanda Gorman	I thought I’d awaken to a world in mourning. Heavy clouds crowding, a society storming. But there’s something different on this golden morning. Something...	18,711 views Rate it
Listless Mind — Zeenat Fatma	I wasn’t able to comprehend what was happening to me and the air of melancholy that was wrapped around me Everything was in accordance but still, my...	14,575 views Rate it
The Defence of Lucknow — Alfred Lord Tennyson	I BANNER of England, not for a season, O banner of Britain, hast thou Floated in conquering battle or flapt to the battle-cry! Never with mightier...	13,503 views Rate it
If I can stop one heart from breaking, — Emily Dickinson	If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto...	10,346 views Rate it
I'm Just Here So I Don't Get Fined — Ian Bair	I love the way words can mean something I mean when they're put together that is Well not even then... A sentence is a social construct A sentence is...	6,487 views Rate it
Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong — William He	Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong By William He A veil of purple vapour flows, In fancy's misty gleam, The sea spectral camp is seen. The street light...	6,376 views Rate it
How Do I Love Thee? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning	How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of...	5,910 views Rate it
A Midday Winter Dream — D. S. Fly	A Midday Winter Dream: Departure 9 “I gazed through frosted windows on A pure and fleshless world Of darkened purple velvet skies Where weightless...	5,123 views Rate it
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me — Ayesha	When tomorrow starts without me, and I am not there to see... The sun should rise and find your eyes, all filled with tears for...	4,597 views Rate it
A Thing of Beauty (Endymion) — John Keats	A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a...	4,566 views Rate it
The Bells — Edgar Allan Poe	I...	3,960 views Rate it
Ode To A Nightingale — John Keats	My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute...	3,848 views Rate it
Casey at the Bat — Ernest Lawrence Thayer	The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at...	3,835 views Rate it
The Hound of Heaven — Francis Thompson	I fled Him down the nights and down the days I fled Him down the arches of the years I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind, and in the...	3,654 views Rate it
Terence, This is Stupid Stuff — Alfred Edward Housman	"Terence, this is stupid stuff! You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh,...	3,565 views Rate it
Jail, Life, Church, God, and the Bible maybe (not sure) meant censorship — Longerfellow	spread is no good let the people shit and piss and i live by...	3,519 views Rate it
Faces — Sara Teasdale	People that I meet and pass In the city's broken roar, Faces that I lose so soon And have never found...	3,097 views Rate it
Farewell Ungrateful Traitor — John Dryden	Farewell ungrateful traitor, Farewell my perjured swain, Let never injured creature Believe a man again. The pleasure of possessing Surpasses all...	2,757 views Rate it
A Senryu Tale of Genji — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A senryu poem About Prince Minamoto, The renown Genji. His life and journey In Japan’s Heian period In Old Kyoto. A Golden Era. The eleventh...	2,730 views Rate it
VERSES Occasioned by a Young Lady's asking the Author, What was a Cure for Love? — Thomas Godfrey	From me, my Dear, O seek not to receive What e'en deep-read Experience cannot give. We may, indeed, from the Physician's skill Some Med'cine find to cure...	2,697 views Rate it
The Invitation — Oriah Mountain Dreamer	It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It...	2,652 views Rate it
Requiem — Anna Akhmatova	Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected - I shared all this with my own people There, where misfortune had abandoned us. ...	2,620 views Rate it
Death Is Here And Death Is There — Percy Bysshe Shelley	I. Death is here and death is there, Death is busy everywhere, All around, within, beneath, Above is death—and we are...	2,517 views Rate it
O Captain! My Captain! — Walt Whitman	O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I...	2,309 views Rate it

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