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Musicalized poems placed on 50-year eras by their poet’s approximate writing years. Bar length is poem count; color leans dark or bright with average emotional tone.
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A Complaint
William Wordsworth
Sorrowful longing
A Witch's Chant
James Hogg
Dark enchantment
Another year!—another deadly blow!
William Wordsworth
Defiant resolve
Beggars
William Wordsworth
Melancholic reflection
Bright Flower, whose home is every where!
William Wordsworth
Reflective tranquility
Calm is all nature
William Wordsworth
Serene introspection
Composed In the Valley near Dover
William Wordsworth
Joyful nostalgia
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
William Wordsworth
Serene admiration
Fair Star of Evening
William Wordsworth
Nostalgic reverence
Gipsies
William Wordsworth
Reflective melancholy
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth
Joyful reflection
I am not One who much or oft delight
William Wordsworth
Reflective solitude
I griev'd for Buonaparte
William Wordsworth
Reflective sorrow
Inland, within a hollow Vale, I stood
William Wordsworth
Contemplative awe
It is not to be thought of that the Flood
William Wordsworth
Defiant reverence
Jones! when from Calais southward you and I
William Wordsworth
Bittersweet reflection
Lines written near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening
William Wordsworth
Melancholic reflection
Loud is the Vale!
William Wordsworth
Reflective melancholy
Louisa
William Wordsworth
Tender admiration
Milton!
William Wordsworth
Nostalgic yearning
My heart leaps up when I behold
William Wordsworth
Joyful reflection
Nuns fret not
William Wordsworth
Reflective peace
O Nightingale!
William Wordsworth
Reflective admiration
O gentle Sleep!
William Wordsworth
Restless yearning
Ode to Duty
William Wordsworth
Reflective reverence
Power of Music
William Wordsworth
Joyful celebration
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
William Wordsworth
Melancholic reflection
Six thousand Veterans practis'd in War's game
William Wordsworth
Somber reflection
Star Gazers
William Wordsworth
Contemplative melancholy
The Affliction of Margaret
William Wordsworth
Profound sorrow
The Green Linnet
William Wordsworth
Joyful reverie
The Kitten and the Falling Leaves
William Wordsworth
Joyful nostalgia
The Redbreast and the Butterfly
William Wordsworth
Tender reflection
The Seven Sisters
William Wordsworth
Melancholic reflection
The Solitary Reaper
William Wordsworth
Melancholic wonder
The Sun has long been set
William Wordsworth
Serene contemplation
The World Is Too Much With Us
William Wordsworth
Melancholic longing
To Sleep
William Wordsworth
Yearning tranquility
To Thomas Clarkson
William Wordsworth
Triumphant reflection
To Toussaint L'Ouverture
William Wordsworth
Somber resilience
To a Butterfly
William Wordsworth
Nostalgic reflection
To a Butterfly
William Wordsworth
Tender nostalgia
To a Sky-Lark
William Wordsworth
Hopeful yearning
To the Cuckoo
William Wordsworth
Joyful nostalgia
To the Daisy
William Wordsworth
Joyful appreciation
To the Men of Kent
William Wordsworth
Defiant resolve
To the River Duddon
William Wordsworth
Reflective solitude
Where lies the Land to which yon Ship must go?
William Wordsworth
Melancholic wonder
Who fancied what a pretty sight
William Wordsworth
Joyful contemplation
With how sad steps, O Moon thou climb'st the sky
William Wordsworth
Melancholic wonder
Written in London. September, 1802
William Wordsworth
Sorrowful reflection
Written in March
William Wordsworth
Joyful renewal
Floating Island
Dorothy Wordsworth
Transitory reflection
He said he had been a soldier
Dorothy Wordsworth
Somber reflection
Proud Maisie
Sir Walter Scott
Melancholic reflection
The Mother’s Return
Dorothy Wordsworth
Tender anticipation
The Spindle Song
Sir Walter Scott
Bittersweet reflection
A Daydream
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tender nostalgia
A Sunset
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Transcendent reflection
A sunny shaft did I behold
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Bittersweet reflection
Addressed to a Young Man of Fortune
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Somber reflection
Catullian Hendecasyllables
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sensual wonder
First Advent of Love
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tender wonder
Human Life
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Existential reflection
Inscription for a Fountain on a Heath
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Serene contemplation
Kubla Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mystical awe
Limbo
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Existential dread
Ne Plus Ultra
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Dark contemplation
Pantisocracy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Hopeful melancholy
Phantom
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Transcendent reflection
Psyche
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Seaward, white gleaming thro’ the busy scud
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ethereal contemplation
The Dungeon
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Haunting reflection
The Pain of Sleep
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Haunting introspection
Time, Real and Imaginary
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tender melancholy
To Nature
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Spiritual reverence
To a Young Ass
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tender melancholy
To the Autumnal Moon
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Hopeful melancholy
To the River Otter
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nostalgic yearning
What is Life?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Philosophical introspection
Work Without Hope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Youth and Age
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nostalgic lament
My days among the Dead are past
Robert Southey
Reflective reverence
The Battle of Blenheim
Robert Southey
Melancholic irony
The Complaints of the Poor
Robert Southey
Sorrowful reflection
The Well of St. Keyne
Robert Southey
Playful irony
A Birthday Thought
Charles Lamb
Grateful reflection
Age
Walter Savage Landor
Reflective melancholy
Childhood
Charles Lamb
Nostalgic reflection
Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher
Walter Savage Landor
Reflective resignation
I've A Pain In My Head
Jane Austen
Ironic resignation
Night and Death
Joseph Blanco White
Contemplative unease
On His Poems
Walter Savage Landor
Reflective resignation
Reproof of Thanks
Walter Savage Landor
Tender melancholy
She I love (alas in vain!)
Walter Savage Landor
Melancholic longing
The Lover
Walter Savage Landor
Longing tenderness
The Loves
Walter Savage Landor
Reflective resignation
The Maid’s Lament
Walter Savage Landor
Profound sorrow
The Old Familiar Faces
Charles Lamb
Nostalgic sorrow
The Rainbow
Charlotte Richardson
Spiritual wonder
The Redbreast
Charlotte Richardson
Bittersweet reflection
Thoughtless Cruelty
Charles Lamb
Reflective sorrow
When Stretch'd On One's Bed
Jane Austen
Resigned contemplation
Work
Charles Lamb
Melancholic reflection
Farewell to Love
Thomas Campbell
Melancholic acceptance
Hohenlinden
Thomas Campbell
Tragic valor
Ye Mariners of England
Thomas Campbell
Heroic resolve
Adonis Sleeping
John Keats
Tender serenity
Bards of Passion and of Mirth
John Keats
Spiritual reflection
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
John Keats
Yearning tranquility
Give Me Women, Wine, And Snuff
John Keats
Sensual indulgence
In a drear-nighted December
John Keats
Melancholic reflection
La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad
John Keats
Melancholic longing
Modern Love
John Keats
Ironic reflection
Nymph of the downward smile
John Keats
Ethereal longing
Ode on Melancholy
John Keats
Melancholic beauty
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats
Eternal contemplation
Ode to Psyche
John Keats
Ethereal longing
Ode to a Nightingale
John Keats
Melancholic wonder
On first looking into Chapman's Homer
John Keats
Awe-inspired reverence
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
John Keats
Joyful reflection
On the Sea
John Keats
Reflective tranquility
Robin Hood
John Keats
Nostalgic lament
Spenserian Stanza,
John Keats
Reflective transformation
The Mermaid Tavern
John Keats
Nostalgic celebration
The day is gone
John Keats
Melancholic reflection
To Autumn
John Keats
Nostalgic celebration
To Haydon, with a Sonnet Written on Seeing the Elgin Marbles
John Keats
Awe-filled reverence
To Sleep
John Keats
Tranquil introspection
A Temple to Friendship
Thomas Moore
Joyful irony
A Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement Clarke Moore
Joyful anticipation
Beauty and Song
Thomas Moore
Tender harmony
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Thomas Moore
Tender nostalgia
Calm be thy sleep
Thomas Moore
Tender longing
Do not say that life is waning
Thomas Moore
Tender reassurance
Eibhlín a Rún
Antoine Ó Raifteirí
Longing tenderness
Erin, the tear and the smile in thine eyes
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet reflection
Fare thee well, thou lovely one!
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet farewell
Fly not yet
Thomas Moore
Tender longing
For thee alone
Thomas Moore
Romantic devotion
Go where glory waits thee
Thomas Moore
Nostalgic yearning
Go, let me weep
Thomas Moore
Melancholic reflection
Here, take my heart
Thomas Moore
Tender longing
How dear to me the hour
Thomas Moore
Nostalgic tranquility
I saw the moon rise clear
Thomas Moore
Tender longing
Love Alone
Thomas Moore
Tender longing
Love and Time
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet reflection
Mise Raifteirí an File
Antoine Ó Raifteirí
Profound sorrow
Oft, in the Stilly Night
Thomas Moore
Nostalgic sorrow
Oh! breathe not his name
Thomas Moore
Sorrowful remembrance
One Dear Smile
Thomas Moore
Nostalgic sorrow
Our first young love
Thomas Moore
Nostalgic tenderness
Peace be around thee
Thomas Moore
Serene optimism
The Dying Warrior
Thomas Moore
Tragic lamentation
The Lake of the Dismal Swamp
Thomas Moore
Melancholic longing
The Legacy
Thomas Moore
Reflective nostalgia
Then, fare thee well (Old English Air)
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet farewell
This world is all a fleeting show
Thomas Moore
Melancholic reflection
Thou Lovest No More
Thomas Moore
Profound sorrow
When Love is kind
Thomas Moore
Cautious affection
When he, who adores thee
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet devotion
When to sad Music silent you listen
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet reflection
Written After a Snow-Storm
Clement Clarke Moore
Bittersweet reflection
Youth and Age
Thomas Moore
Bittersweet reflection
Battle Song
Ebenezer Elliott
Defiant urgency
May
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
Joyful reverence
The Summer
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
Joyful reverie
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
Allan Cunningham
Adventurous exhilaration
Abou Ben Adhem
Leigh Hunt
Spiritual fulfillment
All Is Vanity
Bernard Barton
Reflective melancholy
An Angel in the House
Leigh Hunt
Tender spirituality
Ariadne Waking
Leigh Hunt
Serene anticipation
Champagne Rosée
John Kenyon
Joyful escapism
Cupid Swallowed!
Leigh Hunt
Playful irony
Jenny Kiss’d Me
Leigh Hunt
Nostalgic tenderness
Love and Age
Leigh Hunt
Nostalgic tenderness
Morgiana in England
Leigh Hunt
Playful seduction
Nature
Allan Cunningham
Spiritual reverence
On Some Pictures
Bernard Barton
Nostalgic reverence
On True Worship
Bernard Barton
Spiritual reflection
Sprightly Old Age
Leigh Hunt
Joyful reflection
The Mother's Call
Allan Cunningham
Joyful reverence
A Health
Edward Coote Pinkney
Celebratory admiration
A Serenade
Edward Coote Pinkney
Romantic yearning
Three Men of Gotham
Thomas Love Peacock
Playful introspection
A Poet's Thought
Barry Cornwall
Reflective wonder
History of a Life
Barry Cornwall
Reflective melancholy
Love Me if I Live
Barry Cornwall
Yearning tenderness
Peace! what do tears avail?
Barry Cornwall
Sorrowful acceptance
Pre-Existence
Barry Cornwall
Reflective serenity
Sit Down, Sad Soul
Barry Cornwall
Melancholic hope
Song of the Sea
Barry Cornwall
Joyful freedom
The Hunter's Song
Barry Cornwall
Exhilarating adventure
The Little Beach-Bird
Richard Henry Dana
Melancholic reflection
The Old Witch in the Copse
Barry Cornwall
Bittersweet enchantment
The Stormy Petrel
Barry Cornwall
Turbulent resilience
And Thou Art Dead
Lord Byron
Profound sorrow
Euthanasia
Lord Byron
Somber reflection
Fame
Lord Byron
Reflective yearning
For Music
Lord Byron
Bittersweet longing
I have not loved the world
Lord Byron
Reflective disillusionment
Immortality
Lord Byron
Philosophical contemplation
Life
Lord Byron
Contemplative melancholy
Loch na Garr
Lord Byron
Nostalgic reverie
Napoleon's Farewell
Lord Byron
Melancholic reflection
Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom
Lord Byron
Melancholic reflection
On My Thirty-Third Birthday
Lord Byron
Melancholic reflection
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year
Lord Byron
Melancholic reflection
One Struggle More
Lord Byron
Profound sorrow
She Walks in Beauty
Lord Byron
Serene admiration
So We'll Go No More a Roving
Lord Byron
Bittersweet reflection
Solitude
Lord Byron
Reflective solitude
Song of Saul
Lord Byron
Heroic resignation
The Children Band
Sir Aubrey de Vere
Melancholic reflection
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Lord Byron
Tragic reflection
The Perversion of Letters
Sir Aubrey de Vere
Reflective disillusionment
The Poet's Curse
Lord Byron
Profound sorrow
The Rider of the Wind
Lord Byron
Adventurous turmoil
There be none of Beauty's daughters
Lord Byron
Romantic reverie
There's not a joy the world can give
Lord Byron
Melancholic reflection
Though the day of my destiny's over
Lord Byron
Bittersweet reflection
To Inez
Lord Byron
Profound despair
To Thomas Moore
Lord Byron
Nostalgic camaraderie
Vision of Belshazzar
Lord Byron
Foreboding revelation
Well! thou art happy
Lord Byron
Bittersweet longing
When We Two Parted
Lord Byron
Heartfelt sorrow
Le lac
Alphonse de Lamartine
Nostalgic yearning
Christian Settlements in Africa
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Haunting reflection
Death of an Infant
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Melancholic beauty
To Mary
Charles Wolfe
Profound sorrow
Death
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Profound sorrow
Lift not the painted veil
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Melancholic reflection
Love's Philosophy
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Yearning harmony
Music when Soft Voices Die
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Melancholic reflection
November
John Keble
Melancholic reflection
O! there are spirits of the air
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Melancholic reflection
Ode to the West Wind
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Melancholic hope
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ironic melancholy
Song to the Men of England
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Defiant lament
The Birth of Pleasure
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ethereal joy
The Cloud
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Transcendent joy
The Indian Serenade
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Longing tenderness
The Past
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Nostalgic sorrow
To Night
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Yearning tranquility
'Tis Spring, My Love, 'Tis Spring
John Clare
Romantic celebration
A Spring Morning
John Clare
Joyful renewal
Bring Flowers
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Celebratory yet reflective
Casabianca
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Tragic heroism
Gertrude; Or, Fidelity Till Death
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Tragic devotion
Graves of Infants
John Clare
Tender spirituality
I Am!
John Clare
Profound melancholy
I Go, Sweet Friends!
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Nostalgic farewell
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
John Clare
Ethereal love
O the voice of woman’s love!
John Clare
Celebratory affection
On an Infant's Grave
John Clare
Melancholic reflection
One gloomy eve I roam’d about
John Clare
Bittersweet longing
Patty
John Clare
Nostalgic affection
Patty of the Vale
John Clare
Nostalgic admiration
The Dial of Flowers
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Nostalgic reflection
The Gypsy's Camp
John Clare
Haunting reflection
The Haunted House
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Haunting nostalgia
The Landing of the Pilgrims
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Spiritual reverence
The Meeting
John Clare
Tender devotion
The Myrtle Bough
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Nostalgic reverence
The Parting Song
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Bittersweet longing
The Universal Epitaph
John Clare
Reflective sorrow
The Wakening
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Reflective awakening
Thou Wakest from Rosy Sleep
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Tender optimism
Thoughts in a Church-Yard
John Clare
Reflective tranquility
To an April's Daisy
John Clare
Nostalgic warmth
To the Clouds
John Clare
Spiritual wonder
What is Life?
John Clare
Reflective melancholy
Winter
John Clare
Chill and introspective
I Broke the Spell
William Cullen Bryant
Reflective awakening
June
William Cullen Bryant
Reflective tranquility
Mutation
William Cullen Bryant
Reflective acceptance
Oh Fairest of the Rural Maids
William Cullen Bryant
Serene admiration
Song of the Stars
William Cullen Bryant
Celestial celebration
Soon as the glazed and gleaming snow
William Cullen Bryant
Bittersweet reflection
Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryant
Contemplative acceptance
The African Chief
William Cullen Bryant
Tragic despair
The Old Man's Funeral
William Cullen Bryant
Reflective acceptance
To the Fringed Gentian
William Cullen Bryant
Reflective serenity
When youthful faith hath fled
John Gibson Lockhart
Melancholic hope
William Tell
William Cullen Bryant
Triumphant resilience
The Outlaw Of Loch Lene
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
Longing tenderness
The Phoenix
George Darley
Bittersweet reflection
The Rain Is Falling
William Sidney Walker
Melancholic longing
Could I but harmonise one kindly thought
Hartley Coleridge
Reflective yearning
Homer
Hartley Coleridge
Reverent admiration
How shall a man
Hartley Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Humming Birds
Hartley Coleridge
Bittersweet appreciation
Long time a child, and still a child
Hartley Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Spenser
Hartley Coleridge
Nostalgic reverence
The First Birth Day
Hartley Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
There is an awful quiet in the air
Hartley Coleridge
Melancholic contemplation
To a Cat
Hartley Coleridge
Reflective irony
To a Deaf and Dumb Little Girl
Hartley Coleridge
Tender melancholy
Ain’t I A Woman?
Sojourner Truth
Defiant empowerment
How like a star
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Bittersweet nostalgia
Oh, come to me in dreams, my love!
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Tender longing
A Se Stesso
Giacomo Leopardi
Profound despair
Second Love
William Thom
Resilient hope
The Infinite
Giacomo Leopardi
Contemplative serenity
Anticipation
Thomas Hood
Somber reflection
Birthday Verses
Thomas Hood
Joyful celebration
Death
Thomas Hood
Contemplative melancholy
Fair Ines
Thomas Hood
Melancholic longing
Faithless Sally Brown
Thomas Hood
Tragic irony
False Poets and True
Thomas Hood
Reflective melancholy
Farewell, Life!
Thomas Hood
Transitional reflection
I Love Thee
Thomas Hood
Romantic devotion
I Remember, I Remember
Thomas Hood
Nostalgic melancholy
It was not in the Winter
Thomas Hood
Nostalgic tenderness
Let Us Make a Leap
Thomas Hood
Nostalgic tenderness
O Lady, Leave Thy Silken Thread
Thomas Hood
Joyful wonder
Ode: Autumn
Thomas Hood
Melancholic reflection
Ruth
Thomas Hood
Tender nostalgia
She's Up and Gone
Thomas Hood
Profound sorrow
Silence
Thomas Hood
Somber reflection
Sonnet to Ocean
Thomas Hood
Melancholic reflection
Spring it is Cheery
Thomas Hood
Bittersweet reflection
The Death Bed
Thomas Hood
Melancholic reflection
The Foresaken
Thomas Hood
Profound sorrow
The Poet's Portion
Thomas Hood
Joyful reverie
The Song of the Shirt
Thomas Hood
Profound sorrow
Time, Hope, and Memory
Thomas Hood
Bittersweet reflection
To a False Friend
Thomas Hood
Bittersweet farewell
To an Absentee
Thomas Hood
Melancholic reflection
A Jacobite's Epitaph
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Melancholic reflection
Elena's Song
Sir Henry Taylor
Bittersweet reflection
My Orcha'd in Linden Lea
William Barnes
Nostalgic tranquility
Captain Cook (To My Brother)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Nostalgic reflection
Immolation of a Hindoo Widow
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Tragic beauty
Peace Be Thine
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Melancholic reflection
Revenge
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Bittersweet vengeance
Time's Song
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Reflective melancholy
Astraea
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative introspection
Berrying
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective serenity
Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual contemplation
Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reverent reflection
Culture
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective aspiration
Cupido
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendent harmony
Dark Rosaleen
James Clarence Mangan
Passionate yearning
Days
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective melancholy
Destiny
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective aspiration
Eros
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative longing
Fable
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Playful reflection
Fate
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophical introspection
Forbearance
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective yearning
Friendship
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nostalgic warmth
Genuine Ethereality
James Clarence Mangan
Ethereal melancholy
Hamatreya
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective melancholy
Hermione
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Melancholic longing
Illusions
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophical introspection
Intellect
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual aspiration
Life
James Clarence Mangan
Melancholic introspection
Manners
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Melancholic longing
Merlin's Song
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective inspiration
Merops
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative serenity
Musketaquid
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Serene contemplation
My Garden
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual wonder
Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mystical reverence
Nature II
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Awakening reverence
Nocturne
Gerald Griffin
Serene comfort
Ode to Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Awe-filled longing
Promise
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hopeful aspiration
Rest Only in the Grave
James Clarence Mangan
Somber reflection
Rubies
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Melancholic longing
Seashore
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Majestic contemplation
Song of a Maid Whose Love Is Dead
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Melancholic longing
Sursum Corda
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Resolute introspection
Symptoms of Disease of the Heart
James Clarence Mangan
Ironically Romantic
Terminus
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective acceptance
The Bine
Robert Stephen Hawker
Spiritual reflection
The Day's Ration
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective melancholy
The Death-Race
Robert Stephen Hawker
Tragic reverence
The Desert
Amastan Ag Mohamed
Reflective solitude
The Famine
James Clarence Mangan
Somber resilience
The Humble-Bee
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Joyful contemplation
The Informing Spirit
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendent awe
The Love-Adieu
James Clarence Mangan
Bittersweet farewell
The Nun's Aspiration
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual yearning
The Park
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative struggle
The Past
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective resignation
The Plough
Richard Henry Horne
Hopeful determination
The Rhodora
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative beauty
The Snow-Storm
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Majestic solitude
The Song of the Western Men
Robert Stephen Hawker
Defiant camaraderie
The Sphinx
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophical introspection
The Visit
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophical reflection
The Ways of Cupid
James Clarence Mangan
Bittersweet reflection
To Ellen
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflective nostalgia
To Ellen at the South
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tender longing
To Rhea
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bittersweet reflection
Two Rivers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendent reflection
Unity
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplative unity
Uriel
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cosmic introspection
Worship
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual resilience
A Prayer
Anne Brontë
Spiritual yearning
Domestic Peace
Anne Brontë
Melancholic longing
If This Be All
Anne Brontë
Profound despair
Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day
Anne Brontë
Joyful exhilaration
Oh! better not to live
Charles Whitehead
Existential despair
Severed and Gone
Anne Brontë
Profound sorrow and longing
The Bluebell
Anne Brontë
Nostalgic sorrow
The Lamp
Charles Whitehead
Melancholic reflection
The Parting
Anne Brontë
Bittersweet farewell
To Cowper
Anne Brontë
Reflective sorrow
Weep Not Too Much, My Darling
Anne Brontë
Tender melancholy
Mathematics
Thomas Edwards Hankinson
Playful longing
Pleasures of the Visible World
Thomas Edwards Hankinson
Serene contemplation
The Bells of Shandon
Francis Sylvester Mahony
Nostalgic reverie
How Do I Love Thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Profound devotion
The Atoms of Creation
James Ballantine
Awestruck reverence
The Prospect
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Contemplative sorrow
Unseen Spirits
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Bittersweet reflection
A Gleam of Sunshine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reflection
A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inspirational urgency
A Shadow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
Aftermath
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
An April Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Joyful serenity
August
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective reverence
Autumn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Majestic reverence
Autumn Within
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
Castles in Spain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reverie
Changed
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reflection
Delia
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender sorrow
Fata Morgana
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic longing
Flower-de-Luce
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Joyful serenity
Flowers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual reverence
Footsteps of Angels
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reverence
God's Acre
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual reflection
Haunted Houses
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ethereal contemplation
Holidays
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender nostalgia
Hymn to the Night
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Serene reverence
In Old Age
Frederick Tennyson
Nostalgic reflection
In School-Days
John Greenleaf Whittier
Nostalgic reflection
It is Not Always May
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bittersweet reflection
Killed at the Ford
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tragic reflection
King Trisanku
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual tension
Loss and Gain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective acceptance
Maud Muller
John Greenleaf Whittier
Melancholic reflection
May
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Joyful renewal
Midnight Mass for a Dying Year
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Somber reflection
Moonlight
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mysterious serenity
My Books
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reflection
My Cathedral
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual tranquility
Nature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender resignation
November
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Gloomy introspection
Possibilities
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hopeful aspiration
Sand of the Desert in an Hour-Glass
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
Sandalphon
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual longing
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
Sleep
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender resignation
Suspiria
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Contemplative sorrow
The Belfry of Bruges
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reverie
The Bridge
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
The Broken Oar
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Brook and the Wave
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Transcendent connection
The Builders
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inspirational reflection
The Children's Hour
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender nostalgia
The Cumberland
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heroic melancholy
The Day is Done
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Emperor's Bird's-Nest
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bittersweet reflection
The Fire of Driftwood
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Goblet of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Golden Mile-Stone
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reflection
The Harvest Moon
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Meeting
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bittersweet reflection
The Occultation of Orion
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sublime reflection
The Open Window
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic sorrow
The Phantom Ship
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic wonder
The Poets
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
The Quadroon Girl
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tragic resignation
The Rainy Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
The Reaper and the Flowers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tender resignation
The Secret of the Sea
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic yearning
The Singers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective harmony
The Slave Singing at Midnight
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual longing
The Sound of the Sea
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spiritual wonder
The Village Blacksmith
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Resilient reflection
The Wind Over the Chimney
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
The Windmill
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Majestic contemplation
The tide rises, the tide falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective melancholy
To the River Charles
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nostalgic reflection
Twilight
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melancholic reflection
Venice
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ethereal nostalgia
Weariness
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reflective weariness
A Birthday
Charles Tennyson Turner
Reflective melancholy
Farewell
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Bittersweet farewell
I Do Not Love Thee
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Conflicted longing
Jealousy
Charles Tennyson Turner
Deep sorrowful reflection
Love Not
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Somber caution
Music's Power
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Nostalgic reflection
Oh, Love Me! Love Me Still!
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Yearning sorrow
On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book
Charles Tennyson Turner
Melancholic reflection
Orion
Charles Tennyson Turner
Spiritual wonder
Pray, Think, and Strive!
Charles Tennyson Turner
Spiritual resolve
Sunrise
Charles Tennyson Turner
Spiritual tranquility
The Altar
Charles Tennyson Turner
Spiritual reflection
The Name
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Nostalgic sorrow
The Parting-Gate
Charles Tennyson Turner
Profound sorrow
They Loved One Another
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Bittersweet nostalgia
We Have Been Friends Together
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Nostalgic melancholy
When First I Loved Thee
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Bittersweet nostalgia
When Poor in All but Hope and Love
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Longing melancholy
A Dirge
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Somber reflection
A Dream
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic reflection
A Dream within a Dream
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic introspection
A Farewell
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic farewell
A Spanish Girl in Reverie
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nostalgic sorrow
Alone
Edgar Allan Poe
Profound solitude
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
Eternal sorrow
Aunt Tabitha
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Playful irony
Beautiful World
John Stuart Blackie
Joyful reverence
Break, Break, Break
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic longing
Circumstance
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Bittersweet reflection
Come into the garden, Maud
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Romantic yearning
Crossing the Bar
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Reflective acceptance
Departed Days
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nostalgic melancholy
Dreams
Edgar Allan Poe
Ethereal longing
Eldorado
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic quest
Evening Star
Edgar Allan Poe
Contemplative admiration
Freedom, Our Queen
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Patriotic exaltation
Go not, happy day
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Joyful anticipation
Hymn
Edgar Allan Poe
Spiritual yearning
I heed not that my earthly lot
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic reflection
Imitation
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic introspection
Lexington
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Heroic solemnity
Loss and Gain
Richard Monckton Milnes
Reflective melancholy
Love and Death
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Contemplative duality
Love's Lullaby
John Stuart Blackie
Serene reverie
Old Ironsides
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nostalgic lament
Old Song
Edward FitzGerald
Nostalgic warmth
Pleasure and Pain
Richard Monckton Milnes
Contemplative duality
Rozłączenie
Juliusz Słowacki
Melancholic longing
See what a lovely shell
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tender wonder
Strange! that one lightly whispered tone
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Romantic reverie
Sweet and low, sweet and low
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tender lullaby
Tartarus
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Spiritual struggle
Tears, Idle Tears
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic reflection
Testament mój
Juliusz Słowacki
Melancholic reflection
The Ballad of the Oysterman
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Tragic romance
The Beggar Maid
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Romantic enchantment
The Brook
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Serene continuity
The Chambered Nautilus
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Reflective aspiration
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Heroic tragedy
The Conqueror Worm
Edgar Allan Poe
Macabre reflection
The Deserted House
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic reflection
The Dying Swan
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic beauty
The Eagle
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Majestic solitude
The Flower
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Bittersweet reflection
The Forest Reverie
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic beauty
The Gray Chief
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Reverent nostalgia
The Haunted Palace
Edgar Allan Poe
Eerie nostalgia
The Islet
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Bittersweet reflection
The Kraken
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Mysterious awe
The Lady of Shalott
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tragic beauty
The Merman
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Joyful escapism
The Miller’s Daughter
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tender longing
The Music of Beauty
James Nack
Intense admiration
The Old Man Dreams
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nostalgic yearning
The Owl
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Quiet contemplation
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Haunting despair
The Sailor Boy
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Turbulent resolve
The Sleeper
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic reverie
The Spectre Pig
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Darkly ironic
The Treadmill Song
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Playful camaraderie
The Valley of Unrest
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic solitude
The Voiceless
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Melancholic reflection
The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see
Edgar Allan Poe
Melancholic longing
The mountain wooded to the peak
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic longing
The splendor falls on castle-walls
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Melancholic wonder
Think of Me
James Nack
Longing tenderness
To One in Paradise
Edgar Allan Poe
Profound sorrow and longing
Two Young for Love
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Joyful defiance
Cean Dubh Deelish
Sir Samuel Ferguson
Romantic yearning
Sympathy
Francis Hastings Doyle
Reflective tenderness
The Private of the Buffs
Francis Hastings Doyle
Heroic melancholy
The Stoic
Francis Hastings Doyle
Pensive resignation
Age
William Bell Scott
Reflective journey
Mare Serenitatis
William Bell Scott
Mysterious contemplation
Pocahontas
William Makepeace Thackeray
Heroic sacrifice
Seeking Forgetfulness
William Bell Scott
Haunting introspection
To a Very Old Woman
William Makepeace Thackeray
Melancholic reflection
A Woman's Last Word
Robert Browning
Tender resignation
Apparitions
Robert Browning
Transcendent revelation
Calico Pie
Edward Lear
Whimsical nostalgia
Confessions
Robert Browning
Bittersweet nostalgia
Epilogue
Robert Browning
Reflective resilience
Evelyn Hope
Robert Browning
Melancholic longing
Home Thoughts, From Abroad
Robert Browning
Nostalgic yearning
Incident of the French Camp
Robert Browning
Tragic heroism
Love in a Life
Robert Browning
Longing and nostalgia
Misconceptions
Robert Browning
Tender longing
My Star
Robert Browning
Tender wonder
Natural Magic
Robert Browning
Enchanted discovery
Pippa's Song
Robert Browning
Serene optimism
Porphyria's Lover
Robert Browning
Dark obsession
Prospice
Robert Browning
Defiant acceptance
Summum Bonum
Robert Browning
Joyful reverence
The Duck and the Kangaroo
Edward Lear
Playful adventure
The Hymn of the Wiltshire Laborers
Charles Dickens
Sorrowful plea
The Jumblies
Edward Lear
Whimsical adventure
The Lost Leader
Robert Browning
Bitter disillusionment
The Lost Mistress
Robert Browning
Bittersweet reflection
The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs
Edward Lear
Playful escapism
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
Edward Lear
Whimsical delight
The Quangle Wangle's Hat
Edward Lear
Whimsical delight
The Table and the Chair
Edward Lear
Playful whimsy
There Was an Old Man in a Tree
Edward Lear
Playful absurdity
You'll love Me yet
Robert Browning
Hopeful yearning
Youth and Art
Robert Browning
Nostalgic regret
Second Life
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Bittersweet nostalgia
The Happy Pair
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Joyful reflection
A Song of Age
Aubrey Thomas de Vere
Reflective acceptance
Coronach, or Death-Wail
Charles Mackay
Profound sorrow
The Lark
Charles Mackay
Joyful longing
The Miller of the Dee
Charles Mackay
Contented simplicity
Life
Charlotte Brontë
Hopeful resilience
Parting
Charlotte Brontë
Hopeful resilience
Speak of the North! A lonely moor
Charlotte Brontë
Melancholic solitude
The Great Black Crow
Philip James Bailey
Playful contemplation
The Letter
Charlotte Brontë
Bittersweet longing
The Nurse believed the sick man slept
Charlotte Brontë
Quiet contemplation
Watching and Wishing
Charlotte Brontë
Tender longing
When Thou Sleepest
Charlotte Brontë
Reflective yearning
Among the worst of men that ever lived
Henry David Thoreau
Reflective irony
Poverty
Henry David Thoreau
Proud introspection
A little while
Emily Brontë
Bittersweet nostalgia
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Cecil Frances Alexander
Joyful reverence
Death
Emily Brontë
Bittersweet reflection
Dreams
Cecil Frances Alexander
Yearning for enchantment
Faith and Despondency
Emily Brontë
Bittersweet reflection
Mild the mist upon the hill
Emily Brontë
Nostalgic reflection
My Comforter
Emily Brontë
Bittersweet reflection
My Lady's Grave
Emily Brontë
Melancholic reflection
No coward soul is mine
Emily Brontë
Spiritual affirmation
Not Poor
Elizabeth Prentiss
Spiritual peace
Remembrance
Emily Brontë
Melancholic reflection
Self-Interrogation
Emily Brontë
Reflective melancholy
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Elizabeth Prentiss
Tender serenity
The Old Stoic
Emily Brontë
Stoic resilience
The Visionary
Emily Brontë
Hopeful anticipation
When Winter's Closing Shadows Fall
Cecil Frances Alexander
Nostalgic warmth
A Noiseless Patient Spider
Walt Whitman
Contemplative exploration
A Protest
Arthur Hugh Clough
Empowered resolve
A Song of Autumn
Arthur Hugh Clough
Melancholic reflection
All is Well
Arthur Hugh Clough
Hopeful resignation
Alone!
J.G. Holland
Reflective solitude
As if a Phantom Caress’d Me
Walt Whitman
Haunting nostalgia
Duty
Arthur Hugh Clough
Cynical resignation
Earth, My Likeness
Walt Whitman
Intense introspection
Eureka
J.G. Holland
Joyful reverence
False and True
J.G. Holland
Reflective disillusionment
Field Asters
Herman Melville
Contemplative melancholy
Give Me the Nerve
Herman Melville
Courageous resolve
Give Us Men
J.G. Holland
Urgent call to action
Gradatim
J.G. Holland
Hopeful struggle
I Am Lonely
George Eliot
Profound loneliness
Jonah's Song
Herman Melville
Turbulent redemption
O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman
Profound sorrow
On the Righi
J.G. Holland
Bittersweet nostalgia
Parting
Arthur Hugh Clough
Melancholic longing
Qua Cursum Ventus
Arthur Hugh Clough
Hopeful yearning
Qui Laborat, Orat
Arthur Hugh Clough
Spiritual introspection
Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth
Arthur Hugh Clough
Hopeful resilience
Shall I decide it by a random shot?
Arthur Hugh Clough
Contemplative uncertainty
She Came and Went
James Russell Lowell
Bittersweet reflection
Song of Myself 1
Walt Whitman
Celebratory introspection
Song of Myself, 51
Walt Whitman
Contemplative introspection
The Base of All Metaphysics
Walt Whitman
Philosophical tenderness
The Beggar
James Russell Lowell
Reflective yearning
The First Snow-Fall
James Russell Lowell
Bittersweet reflection
The Last Smile
John Ruskin
Bittersweet reflection
The Questioning Spirit
Arthur Hugh Clough
Philosophical introspection
The Sands of Dee
Charles Kingsley
Melancholic reflection
The Stream of Life
Arthur Hugh Clough
Contemplative resignation
There Is No God
Arthur Hugh Clough
Philosophical irony
To Death
Julia Ward Howe
Reflective resignation
To Rich Givers
Walt Whitman
Grateful acceptance
To a Sleeping Singer
J.G. Holland
Tender remembrance
Two Lovers.
George Eliot
Bittersweet reflection
Whispers of Heavenly Death
Walt Whitman
Melancholic spirituality
With what a calm serenity she smooths
David Gray
Serene admiration
Young and Old
Charles Kingsley
Reflective nostalgia