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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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Poems in 1850s · 950
Rich, Though Poor
Alice Cary
Reflective contrast
The Long White Seam
Jean Ingelow
Tender longing
The Tree of Gernika
José María Iparraguirre
Reverent pride
The West Country
Alice Cary
Reflective resilience
To live in vain! to live in pain
Ebenezer Jones
Pensive melancholy
With a Diamond
Jean Ingelow
Melancholic reflection
Africa
Maria White Lowell
Melancholic reflection
Attendite Popule
Lady Jane Wilde
Fiery defiance
Correspondances
Charles Baudelaire
Sensual spirituality
Half Awake
Anne Whitney
Melancholic reflection
I Am Not Skilled to Understand
Dorothy Greenwell
Spiritual contemplation
L'Albatros
Charles Baudelaire
Melancholic irony
Les Métamorphoses du vampire
Charles Baudelaire
Dark seduction
Spleen
Charles Baudelaire
Profound despair
The Fisherman
Lady Jane Wilde
Melancholic wonder
The Grave-Digger
Anne Whitney
Darkly humorous acceptance
The Passion Flower
Anne Whitney
Spiritual sorrow
The Soul's Parting
Dorothy Greenwell
Tender farewell
The Voice of the Poor
Lady Jane Wilde
Profound despair
Despondency
Matthew Arnold
Melancholic reflection
Dover Beach
Matthew Arnold
Melancholic reflection
Growing Old
Matthew Arnold
Melancholic reflection
Morality
Matthew Arnold
Reflective struggle
Quiet Work
Matthew Arnold
Reflective tranquility
Requiescat
Matthew Arnold
Melancholic reflection
Revolutions
Matthew Arnold
Reflective yearning
Self-Dependence
Matthew Arnold
Reflective determination
The Last Word
Matthew Arnold
Resigned acceptance
The Voice
Matthew Arnold
Melancholic reflection
Youth and Calm
Matthew Arnold
Reflective melancholy
Youth's Agitations
Matthew Arnold
Nostalgic reflection
Dirge for a Soldier
George Henry Boker
Solemn reflection
Heraclitus
William Johnson Cory
Melancholic reflection
I am the cat of cats
William Brighty Rands
Playful confidence
If I should die to-night
William Johnson Cory
Pensive longing
November
Elizabeth Stoddard
Melancholic reflection
The Azalea
Coventry Patmore
Bittersweet nostalgia
The Shark
George Henry Boker
Macabre tension
To the Birds
William Philpot
Melancholic introspection
A Legend of the Northland
Phoebe Cary
Reflective caution
A Psalm of Life
Phoebe Cary
Empowered resolve
The Fairies
William Allingham
Whimsical melancholy
The Future
Sydney Dobell
Apocalyptic awe
The Sailor's Return
Sydney Dobell
Nostalgic yearning
Tried and True
Phoebe Cary
Reflective melancholy
Bible Defence of Slavery
Frances E. W. Harper
Profound sorrow and anger
Bonny Barbara Allan
Francis James Child
Tragic love
Eternal Father, strong to save
William Whiting
Spiritual reassurance
Free Labor
Frances E. W. Harper
Somber reflection
Lord Randall
Francis James Child
Tragic resignation
Scarborough Fair
Francis James Child
Nostalgic yearning
Sorrowful Music
Bayard Taylor
Profound sorrow
Storm Song
Bayard Taylor
Brave resilience
The Little Builders
Frances E. W. Harper
Inspirational hope
The Slave Mother
Frances E. W. Harper
Profound sorrow
Beautiful Dreamer
Stephen Collins Foster
Tender longing
The Violets and the Rose
George John Cayley
Playful irony
Coming of Age
Edward James Mortimer Collins
Hopeful reflection
Cuba
John Townsend Trowbridge
Bittersweet reflection
Rain and Tears
Edward James Mortimer Collins
Bittersweet yearning
The Dying Warrior
Achsa White Sprague
Heroic melancholy
The Wolves
John Townsend Trowbridge
Haunting urgency
Violets at Home
Edward James Mortimer Collins
Tender affection
A Young Fir-Wood
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Hopeful growth
Dirge
Gerald Massey
Melancholic reflection
Even So
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
Grief dies like joy
Henry Timrod
Bittersweet reflection
Love's Baubles
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Tender wonder
Song of the Red Republican
Gerald Massey
Fervent defiance
The Lords of Land and Money
Gerald Massey
Defiant hope
The Woodspurge
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Melancholic contemplation
Winter
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
A Better Resurrection
Christina Rossetti
Haunting introspection
A Bird Song
Christina Rossetti
Nostalgic yearning
A Birthday
Christina Rossetti
Joyful celebration
A Bride Song
Christina Rossetti
Romantic yearning
A Chill
Christina Rossetti
Tender longing
A Clock stopped
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic contemplation
A Country Burial
Emily Dickinson
Somber reverence
A Daughter of Eve
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
A Dirge
Christina Rossetti
Sorrowful reflection
A Fisher-Wife
Christina Rossetti
Heartfelt anxiety
A Man
Emily Dickinson
Resilient defiance
A Pause of Thought
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic resignation
A Prodigal Son
Christina Rossetti
Longing and remorse
A Thunder-Storm
Emily Dickinson
Turbulent awe
A Wintry Sonnet
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet renewal
A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative paradox
A dew sufficed itself
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative melancholy
A drop fell on the apple tree
Emily Dickinson
Joyful contemplation
A light exists in spring
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
A little bread—a crust—a crumb
Emily Dickinson
Reflective contentment
A narrow fellow in the grass
Emily Dickinson
Uneasy curiosity
A poor torn heart, a tattered heart
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
A solemn thing — it was — I said
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative reverence
A wounded deer leaps highest
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Adrift! A little boat adrift!
Emily Dickinson
Hopeful resilience
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid?
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative defiance
After Death
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
After a hundred years
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
Aftermath
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
Almost!
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic longing
An End
Christina Rossetti
Somber reflection
An October Garden
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
Another Spring
Christina Rossetti
Yearning for renewal
Apocalypse
Emily Dickinson
Ironically reflective
Ashes denote that Fire was
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
Aspiration
Emily Dickinson
Inspiring introspection
At Half past Three, a single Bird
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative tranquility
At Home
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative acceptance
Bird or Beast
Christina Rossetti
Reflective spirituality
Buds and Babies
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic acceptance
Charlotte Brontë's Grave
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reverence
Color
Christina Rossetti
Playful curiosity
Come slowly—Eden!
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal longing
Confluents
Christina Rossetti
Longing tenderness
Consider
Christina Rossetti
Spiritual reassurance
Consider the Lilies of the Field
Christina Rossetti
Reflective serenity
Could I but ride indefinite
Emily Dickinson
Yearning freedom
Could mortal lip divine
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative weightiness
De Profundis
Christina Rossetti
Longing despair
Dead Before Death
Christina Rossetti
Profound despair
Death is like the insect
Emily Dickinson
Somber reflection
Deed
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative introspection
Desire
Emily Dickinson
Yearning contemplation
Doubt Me!
Emily Dickinson
Introspective yearning
Dream-Land
Christina Rossetti
Serene resignation
Dying
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative resignation
Enough
Emily Dickinson
Reflective contentment
Epitaph
Emily Dickinson
Reflective reverence
Evening
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative tranquility
Experiment to me
Emily Dickinson
Curious introspection
Exultation is the going
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual wonder
Far from love the Heavenly Father
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual struggle
Fata Morgana
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet yearning
Father—I bring thee—not myself
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
For each ecstatic instant
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Forbidden fruit
Emily Dickinson
Sensual irony
From all the jails the boys and girls
Emily Dickinson
Joyful defiance
Given in marriage unto thee
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual reverence
Glee — The great storm is over
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Goblin Market
Christina Rossetti
Haunting desire
Going to heaven!
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
Golden Glories
Christina Rossetti
Joyful appreciation
Gone Forever
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
Great streets of silence led away
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative stillness
He and She
Christina Rossetti
Pensive longing
He ate and drank the precious Words
Emily Dickinson
Transcendent reflection
He fumbles at your spirit
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal tension
He preached upon “Breadth”
Emily Dickinson
Ironically contemplative
He touched me, so I live to know
Emily Dickinson
Transcendent longing
Heart not so heavy as mine
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
Heaven is what I cannot reach!
Emily Dickinson
Longing melancholy
Hollow-Sounding and Mysterious
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic introspection
Hope is a subtle glutton
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative irony
Hope is the thing with feathers
Emily Dickinson
Hopeful resilience
How dare the robins sing
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
I Will Arise
Christina Rossetti
Hopeful resilience
I asked no other thing
Emily Dickinson
Ironically contemplative
I dreaded that first Robin so
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic acceptance
I envy Seas, whereon He rides
Emily Dickinson
Longing and envy
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Emily Dickinson
Despairing introspection
I gave myself to Him
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
I have no life but this
Emily Dickinson
Existential contemplation
I havn't told my garden yet
Emily Dickinson
Quiet resignation
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
Emily Dickinson
Somber introspection
I hide myself within my flower
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic longing
I know that He exists
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative irony
I measure every grief I meet
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
I shall know why, when time is over
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
I started early
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal exploration
I taste a liquor never brewed
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal exuberance
I'm Nobody!
Emily Dickinson
Playful irony
I've seen a dying eye
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
If I can stop one heart from breaking
Emily Dickinson
Tender resolve
If I should die
Emily Dickinson
Serene acceptance
If I should n't be alive
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
Immortality
Emily Dickinson
Reflective serenity
In Vain
Emily Dickinson
Tragic separation
In lands I never saw
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic wonder
In the Garden
Emily Dickinson
Tender observation
Is Heaven a Physician?
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative uncertainty
Is bliss, then, such abyss
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative uncertainty
It dropped so low
Emily Dickinson
Reflective sorrow
It sifts from Leaden Sieves
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal contemplation
It was not Death, for I stood up
Emily Dickinson
Existential contemplation
It was too late for man
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual resignation
I’m ceded — I’ve stopped being Theirs
Emily Dickinson
Empowered reflection
Joy in Death
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
Lay this Laurel on the One
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual reverence
Let Me Go
Christina Rossetti
Tender farewell
Life
T. E. Brown
Philosophical melancholy
Life and Death
Christina Rossetti
Somber reflection
Life, and Death, and Giants
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative ambiguity
Lost
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic longing
Love Lies Bleeding
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
Loyalty
Emily Dickinson
Intriguing exploration
May
Christina Rossetti
Nostalgic melancholy
Memento Mori
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic acceptance
Memorials
Emily Dickinson
Reflective sorrow
Mine Enemy is growing old
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Mirage
Christina Rossetti
Sorrowful resignation
Mother Nature
Emily Dickinson
Tender serenity
Much madness is divinest sense
Emily Dickinson
Ironic contemplation
My Cricket
Emily Dickinson
Pensive solitude
My Dream
Christina Rossetti
Darkly surreal
My life closed twice before its close
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic contemplation
My worthiness is all my doubt
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual introspection
Nature's Changes
Emily Dickinson
Transcendent renewal
New feet within my garden go
Emily Dickinson
Pensive nostalgia
No Brigadier throughout the Year
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative resilience
No, Thank You, John
Christina Rossetti
Defiant clarity
Not in this World to see his face
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative longing
Not with a club the heart is broken
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Numen Lumen
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual contemplation
O roses for the flush of youth
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
October's Bright Blue Weather
Helen Hunt Jackson
Nostalgic appreciation
Of all the Souls that stand create
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual introspection
Of all the Sounds despatched abroad
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual wonder
One Certainty
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
One Day
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
One Foot on Sea, and One on Shore
Christina Rossetti
Heartfelt sorrow
One Sea-Side Grave
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
One dignity delays for all
Emily Dickinson
Reflective dignity
One need not be a chamber to be haunted
Emily Dickinson
Haunting introspection
Passing and Glassing
Christina Rossetti
Reflective melancholy
Patience of Hope
Christina Rossetti
Reflective acceptance
Pink—small—and punctual
Emily Dickinson
Tender admiration
Planting
T. E. Brown
Spiritual acceptance
Power
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative intensity
Proof
Emily Dickinson
Tender spirituality
Psalm of the Day
Emily Dickinson
Transcendent reflection
Remember
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic reflection
Requiem
Emily Dickinson
Solemn reflection
Rest
Christina Rossetti
Serene acceptance
Reticence
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative mystery
Rouge et Noir
Emily Dickinson
Tense introspection
She sweeps with many-colored brooms
Emily Dickinson
Whimsical nostalgia
She went as quiet as the dew
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
Shipwreck
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic resignation
Shut Out
Christina Rossetti
Profound sorrow
Simplicity
Emily Dickinson
Joyful simplicity
So bashful when I spied her
Emily Dickinson
Tender longing
Softened by Time's consummate plush
Emily Dickinson
Nostalgic melancholy
Some, too fragile for winter winds
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
Somewhere or Other
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic longing
Sound Sleep
Christina Rossetti
Serene acceptance
Spring Quiet
Christina Rossetti
Serene renewal
Summer
Christina Rossetti
Joyful reverie
Summer for thee grant I may be
Emily Dickinson
Tender longing
Summer's Armies
Emily Dickinson
Joyful wonder
Superiority to fate
Emily Dickinson
Reflective resilience
Symbols
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
Tempus Fugit
Christina Rossetti
Transitory reflection
That is solemn we have ended
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
The Bat
Emily Dickinson
Curious contemplation
The Bluebird
Emily Dickinson
Joyful introspection
The Body grows outside
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual introspection
The Book of Martyrs
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual resilience
The Bourne
Christina Rossetti
Reflective melancholy
The Brain
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative awe
The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown
Emily Dickinson
Whimsical reflection
The Dhoon
T. E. Brown
Tender tranquility
The Duel
Emily Dickinson
Reflective defiance
The Goal
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative aspiration
The Heart asks Pleasure – first
Emily Dickinson
Somber reflection
The Hemlock
Emily Dickinson
Austere contemplation
The Humming-Bird
Emily Dickinson
Ethereal curiosity
The Lonely House
Emily Dickinson
Eerie introspection
The Lost Jewel
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
The Lost Thought
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative confusion
The Lovers
Emily Dickinson
Tender longing
The Poor Ghost
Christina Rossetti
Haunting nostalgia
The Robin
Emily Dickinson
Gentle reverence
The Secret
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative mystery
The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean
Emily Dickinson
Somber reflection
The Soul's Storm
Emily Dickinson
Turbulent introspection
The Spider
Emily Dickinson
Mysterious contemplation
The Storm
Emily Dickinson
Ominous reflection
The Test
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet introspection
The Waking Year
Emily Dickinson
Serene anticipation
The White Heat
Emily Dickinson
Intense introspection
The Wife
Emily Dickinson
Resigned reflection
The World
Christina Rossetti
Dark ambivalence
The bee is not afraid of me
Emily Dickinson
Joyful contemplation
The farthest thunder that I heard
Emily Dickinson
Reflective awe
The grave my little cottage is
Emily Dickinson
Tender melancholy
The last night that she lived
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
The nearest dream recedes
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic longing
The one that could repeat the summer day
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative reverie
The saddest noise, the sweetest noise
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
The soul should always stand ajar
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual introspection
There's a certain Slant of light
Emily Dickinson
Melancholic reflection
There's been a death in the opposite house
Emily Dickinson
Somber reflection
These are the days when Birds come back
Emily Dickinson
Reflective nostalgia
This is my letter to the world
Emily Dickinson
Tender longing
This world is not conclusion
Emily Dickinson
Philosophical contemplation
This—is the land—the Sunset washes—
Emily Dickinson
Mystical contemplation
Tho’ I get home how late — how late
Emily Dickinson
Longing anticipation
Three Seasons
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual acceptance
Till the End
Emily Dickinson
Haunting regret
To fight aloud is very brave
Emily Dickinson
Sorrowful reflection
To hear an oriole sing
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative wonder
To help our bleaker parts
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual reflection
To-Day's Burden
Christina Rossetti
Existential reflection
Too Much
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet reflection
Touching "Never"
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic longing
Transplanted
Emily Dickinson
Curious exploration
Triumph
Emily Dickinson
Reflective triumph
Twice
Christina Rossetti
Melancholic introspection
Twilight Calm
Christina Rossetti
Serene reflection
Two Worlds
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative duality
Undue significance a starving man attaches
Emily Dickinson
Bittersweet longing
Unto my books so good to turn
Emily Dickinson
Reflective contentment
Vanity of Vanities
Helen Hunt Jackson
Reflective melancholy
We cover thee, sweet face
Emily Dickinson
Tender longing
We never know we go
Emily Dickinson
Contemplative melancholy
What's in a Name?
Christina Rossetti
Bittersweet reflection
When I am dead, my dearest
Christina Rossetti
Reflective melancholy
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Christina Rossetti
Contemplative curiosity
Who has not found the heaven below
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual reflection
Who never lost, are unprepared
Emily Dickinson
Reflective resilience
Who robbed the woods?
Emily Dickinson
Reflective melancholy
Whose are the little beds
Emily Dickinson
Tender wonder
Wild nights—Wild nights!
Emily Dickinson
Passionate yearning
Winter Rain
Christina Rossetti
Nurturing renewal
‘Tis so much joy!
Emily Dickinson
Joyful contemplation
‘Twas a long Parting
Emily Dickinson
Spiritual longing
A B C
Charles Stuart Calverley
Playful irony
Consolation
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Reflective acceptance
Ode to a Starling
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Hopeful resilience
The Magic Land
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Ethereal bliss
The Vampire
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Dark longing
A Lesson in Latin
Lewis Carroll
Bittersweet reflection
A Sea Dirge
Lewis Carroll
Ironic disdain
An Old Man's Idyl
Richard Realf
Reflective serenity
Brother and Sister
Lewis Carroll
Playful irony
Faces in the Fire
Lewis Carroll
Nostalgic melancholy
Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task
Lewis Carroll
Nostalgic tenderness
Horrors
Lewis Carroll
Dreadful awakening
Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll
Whimsical adventure
Punctuality
Lewis Carroll
Reflective encouragement
Rules and Regulations
Lewis Carroll
Playful absurdity
The Banker's Fate
Lewis Carroll
Absurd despair
The Hunting
Lewis Carroll
Absurd adventure
The Princess
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Melancholic longing
Voice of Progress
Richard Realf
Defiant urgency
Alone
Sir Lewis Morris
Reflective melancholy
Custer
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Heroic lament
Doubt
Sir Lewis Morris
Haunting introspection
Faith
Sir Lewis Morris
Spiritual contemplation
Love's Suicide
Sir Lewis Morris
Profound sorrow
Oh, Earth!
Sir Lewis Morris
Contemplative melancholy
Surf
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Joyful reverie
The Sad Bridal
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Melancholic contemplation
Victory
Sir Lewis Morris
Nostalgic reflection
A Death Song
William Morris
Somber reflection
March
William Morris
Hopeful reflection
The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old
James Thomson
Nostalgic sorrow
A Quest
Louise Chandler Moulton
Hopeful yearning
A Sleepless Night
Alfred Austin
Melancholic reflection
A Wild Rose
Alfred Austin
Nostalgic affection
Agatha
Alfred Austin
Bittersweet reflection
An Answer
Alfred Austin
Tender nostalgia
An Autumn Picture
Alfred Austin
Melancholic reflection
As Dies the Year
Alfred Austin
Somber reflection
Ebb-Tide
Susan Coolidge
Longing for renewal
Felix Opportunitate Mortis
Alfred Austin
Bittersweet resignation
Gleaners of Fame
Alfred Austin
Reflective melancholy
Go Away, Death!
Alfred Austin
Melancholic acceptance
Go talk to her, sweet flower
Alfred Austin
Longing tenderness
Hic Jacet
Louise Chandler Moulton
Sorrowful reflection
Land-Locked
Celia Thaxter
Yearning tranquility
Love's Unity
Alfred Austin
Tender reflection
New Every Morning
Susan Coolidge
Hopeful renewal
Nightingale and Cuckoo
Alfred Austin
Melancholic reflection
Nocturnal Vigils
Alfred Austin
Contemplative yearning
Prelude
Susan Coolidge
Reflective aspiration
Since We Must Die
Alfred Austin
Reflective acceptance
Soliloquy of Lazarus
Theodore Tilton
Resurrected hope
Sorrow
Celia Thaxter
Melancholic acceptance
The Dregs of Love
Alfred Austin
Bittersweet reflection
The King's Ring
Theodore Tilton
Reflective acceptance
The Spring-time, O the Spring-time!
Alfred Austin
Seasonal Reflection
Warm Summer Sun
Mark Twain
Tender farewell
When Acorns Fall
Alfred Austin
Melancholic reflection
When?
Susan Coolidge
Spiritual acceptance
A Touch of Nature
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Nostalgic yearning
Coyote
Bret Harte
Melancholic reflection
Memory
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Nostalgic reflection
Only a Dancing Girl
William Schwenck Gilbert
Bittersweet reflection
Plain Language From Truthful James
Bret Harte
Ironic amusement
Rima LIII
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Bittersweet nostalgia
Rima XXI
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Tender wonder
The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell"
William Schwenck Gilbert
Darkly humorous absurdity
Twenty Years
Bret Harte
Nostalgic reflection
A Cameo
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Haunting reflection
A Dirge
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Somber reflection
A Leave-Taking
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Profound sorrow
Before Parting
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bittersweet reflection
Before Sunset
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bittersweet reflection
By Twilight
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Melancholic reflection
Caliban on Ariel
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bitter contempt
Child's Song
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Reflective melancholy
In Time of Mourning
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Profound sorrow
Is It Worth While?
Joaquin Miller
Reflective sorrow
Kissing her hair I sat against her feet
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Tender longing
Life
Joaquin Miller
Bittersweet reflection
Love laid his sleepless head
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Transitional hope
Nell Gwyn
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Reverent nostalgia
Stage Love
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bittersweet reflection
The Sundew
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Melancholic reflection
Waiting
John Burroughs
Serene anticipation
A Christmas Ghost-Story
Thomas Hardy
Somber reflection
A Sheep Fair
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
A Spellbound Palace
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
A Thunderstorm in Town
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet nostalgia
A Wife in London
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet reflection
Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet reflection
At An Inn
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic longing
At Castle Boterel
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic melancholy
Beeny Cliff
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic melancholy
Brave as a falcon and as merciless
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Melancholic longing
Domicilium
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic reflection
Drummer Hodge
Thomas Hardy
Somber reflection
Four Footprints
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet resignation
Hap
Thomas Hardy
Profound despair
He Has Fallen from the Height of His Love
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Tragic reflection
He Laments that His Love is Dead
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Profound sorrow
He Never Expected Much
Thomas Hardy
Resigned acceptance
I Look into My Glass
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'
Thomas Hardy
Reflective melancholy
In a Cathedral City
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic longing
Lost Love
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic longing
Love is Best
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Hopeful reverence
Mad Judy
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet reflection
Neutral Tones
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet reflection
O fly not, Pleasure
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Bittersweet reflection
On Her Vanity
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Bittersweet reflection
On the Nature of Love
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Bittersweet yearning
Rain on a Grave
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
She at His Funeral
Thomas Hardy
Somber reflection
Shut Out that Moon
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic resignation
The Convergence of the Twain
Thomas Hardy
Somber reflection
The Coquette, and After
Thomas Hardy
Tragic longing
The Darkling Thrush
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic hopefulness
The Dead Man Walking
Thomas Hardy
Profound melancholy
The Eviction
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Frustrated resignation
The Grief of Love
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Profound sorrow
The Man He Killed
Thomas Hardy
Ironically somber
The Oxen
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic reverie
The Phantom
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic yearning
The Roman Road
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic reflection
The Ruined Maid
Thomas Hardy
Bittersweet irony
The Self-Unseeing
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic reflection
The Voice
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic longing
Thoughts of Phena at the News of Her Death
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
To Lizbie Browne
Thomas Hardy
Nostalgic regret
To an Unborn Pauper Child
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic contemplation
Unknowing
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic reflection
Wessex Heights
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic introspection
When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
Thomas Hardy
Melancholic wonder
Coruisk
Robert Williams Buchanan
Melancholic reflection
Living
Edward Rowland Sill
Reflective tranquility
Love, oh, Love's a dainty sweeting
Mathilde Blind
Bittersweet reflection
On and On
Mathilde Blind
Melancholic reflection
Opportunity
Edward Rowland Sill
Heroic determination
Suffering
Mathilde Blind
Resilient sorrow
The Ballad of Judas Iscariot
Robert Williams Buchanan
Haunting despair
The Dead
Mathilde Blind
Contemplative sorrow
The Lesson of the Water Mill
Sarah Doudney
Reflective urgency
The Wedding of Shon MacLean
Robert Williams Buchanan
Joyful nostalgia
Winding all my life about thee
Mathilde Blind
Passionate devotion
You make the sunshine of my heart
Mathilde Blind
Bittersweet longing
A Valentine
Arthur Macy
Tender nostalgia
Opposition
Sidney Lanier
Resilient acceptance
Sonnet en yx
Stéphane Mallarmé
Ethereal melancholy
The Criminal
Arthur Macy
Turbulent desire
The Hatband
Arthur Macy
Playful irony
The Indifferent Mariner
Arthur Macy
Carefree acceptance
Do not forget me!
Violet Fane
Nostalgic yearning
In an Araba
Violet Fane
Haunting reflection
Now
Violet Fane
Reflective urgency
To a Garden
Violet Fane
Bittersweet nostalgia
A Creole Slave-Song
Maurice Thompson
Haunting nostalgia
A Discord
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Melancholic reflection
A Life-Tomb
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Haunting nostalgia
A Wasted Land
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Haunting despair
Ac Ni Bydd Nos Yno
Watcyn Wyn
Transcendent serenity
Ad Mariam
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Joyful reverence
After Our Likeness
Ada Cambridge
Spiritual reflection
An Old Picture
John Boyle O'Reilly
Nostalgic reflection
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spiritual wonder
Barcarolle
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Hopeful melancholy
Caged Skylark
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Tragic yearning
Clair De Lune
Paul Verlaine
Melancholic beauty
Clear and Gentle Stream
Robert Bridges
Nostalgic reflection
Craven-Heart
Ada Cambridge
Resigned despair
Death
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Spiritual contemplation
Desire
Ada Cambridge
Yearning intensity
Despair
Ada Cambridge
Profound despair
Easter
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Joyful celebration
Faith
Ada Cambridge
Spiritual struggle
Fetters
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Tragic yearning
Forever
John Boyle O'Reilly
Tender remembrance
Harry Ploughman
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Rugged determination
If She But Knew
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Heartfelt longing
In the Valley of the Elwy
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Nostalgic reflection
Keeping a Heart
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Tender longing
Life is a Confluence
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective yearning
Lines for a Picture of St. Dorothea
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spiritual longing
Lost Blisses
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Melancholic reflection
Love After Death
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Melancholic reflection
Love, and be Wise
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective wisdom
My Troubles
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective optimism
My own heart let me more have pity on
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Melancholic introspection
Now I am on the earth
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Bittersweet reflection
Ode
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Inspirational reflection
Outcast
Ada Cambridge
Tragic reflection
Pensionnaires
Paul Verlaine
Tender nostalgia
Silences
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Profound sorrow and yearning
Song of Palms
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Luminous tranquility
Spring
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Joyful reverence
The Ammanford Fire Brigade
Watcyn Wyn
Heroic resilience
The Candle Indoors
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Contemplative yearning
The Cry of the Dreamer
John Boyle O'Reilly
Nostalgic yearning
The Cypress
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Melancholic reflection
The Handsome Heart
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Tender spirituality
The Poet's Grave
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Melancholic reflection
The Sea and the Skylark
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Reflective melancholy
The Starlight Night
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spiritual wonder
The Useless Ones
John Boyle O'Reilly
Joyful reflection
The Windhover
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Awe-inspiring reverence
The Windmill
Robert Bridges
Whimsical industriousness
Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Frustrated spirituality
Thought
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Introspective despair
To My Little Blanid
John Boyle O'Reilly
Tender melancholy
To a Young Murderess
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Dark fascination
To-Day
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective determination
Under the Surface
John Boyle O'Reilly
Cynical reflection
What is Good
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective introspection
When the Rose came I loved the Rose
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Bittersweet yearning
Where art thou friend
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spiritual longing
Wild Honey
Maurice Thompson
Joyful reverence
Winter Nightfall
Robert Bridges
Somber reflection
Would I might go far over sea
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Longing melancholy
Y Friallen Gyntaf
Watcyn Wyn
Tender renewal
Y Glöwyr
Watcyn Wyn
Somber resilience
Yesterday and To-Morrow
John Boyle O'Reilly
Reflective melancholy
Yr Afon
Watcyn Wyn
Reflective tranquility
A Sound Is in My Ear To-Day
Alexander Anderson
Nostalgic reflection
Clover
John Banister Tabb
Curious reverence
Cuddle Doon
Alexander Anderson
Tender nostalgia
Epitaph
Amy Levy
Somber resignation
Nature's Magic
William Canton
Tender wonder
The Birch Tree at Loschwitz
Amy Levy
Tender longing
The First Extra
Amy Levy
Bittersweet joy
The Kingfisher
William Canton
Contemplative solitude
The Two Sowers
Alexander Anderson
Bittersweet reflection
A Thrush Before Dawn
Alice Meynell
Spiritual longing
All is Well
Henry Scott Holland
Reassuring tranquility
Ecce in Deserto
Henry Augustin Beers
Mystical anticipation
My heart shall be thy garden
Alice Meynell
Tender longing
The Happiest Heart
John Vance Cheney
Reflective tranquility
Venus
Edwin J. Ellis
Ethereal longing
Arabesque
Emma Lazarus
Melancholic reflection
I stand before you as a beggar stands
Edmund William Gosse
Tender longing
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
Defiant resilience
Life and Art
Emma Lazarus
Bittersweet reflection
Life is bitter
William Ernest Henley
Somber resignation
Margaritæ Sorori
William Ernest Henley
Serene acceptance
O, gather me the rose
William Ernest Henley
Melancholic reflection
Operation
William Ernest Henley
Intense vulnerability
Suicide
William Ernest Henley
Tragic despair
The Blackbird
William Ernest Henley
Joyful nostalgia
The Charcoal-Burner
Edmund William Gosse
Quiet reflection
The Clover
James Whitcomb Riley
Nostalgic reverence
The Dead Lover
James Whitcomb Riley
Haunting longing
The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus
Hopeful resilience
When Age Comes On
James Whitcomb Riley
Nostalgic melancholy
When the wind storms by with a shout
William Ernest Henley
Fierce nostalgia
A Mood
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet reflection
A Year Ago
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet reflection
A little time for laughter
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet reflection
About Love
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet resignation
Bereft
Philip Bourke Marston
Profound sorrow
Changeless
Philip Bourke Marston
Resigned devotion
Courage
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Heroic resilience
Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Heroic defiance
Desolation
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Profound melancholy
Earnestness
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective urgency
Existence
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Hopeful introspection
Fated!
Philip Bourke Marston
Haunting sorrow
Forgetting
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Reflective resilience
Friendship After Love
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Melancholic reflection
Gold and Love for Dearie
Eugene Field
Tender nostalgia
Guilo
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Tender longing
How to Be Happy
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Optimistic reflection
Human Nature
Eugene Field
Bittersweet reflection
If I Should Die
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective melancholy
Let me Lean Hard
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Desperate yearning
Love's Answer
Philip Bourke Marston
Tender longing
Love's Warfare
Philip Bourke Marston
Tragic irony
Mockery
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bittersweet reflection
Moveless Memories
Philip Bourke Marston
Nostalgic resilience
My Heritage
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Optimistic resilience
My Love is Dead
Philip Bourke Marston
Profound sorrow
Not Thou But I
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet reflection
Nothing Lost
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Reflective hope
Old Rhythm and Rhyme
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nostalgic celebration
Pain's Purpose
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective acceptance
Quantum Mutatus!
Philip Bourke Marston
Melancholic reflection
Regret
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective melancholy
Requiem
Robert Louis Stevenson
Peaceful acceptance
Reunited
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nostalgic reunion
Romance
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tender affection
Sad Songs Remembered
Philip Bourke Marston
Melancholic reflection
Shameless Love
Philip Bourke Marston
Passionate melancholy
Solitude
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective melancholy
Stricken
Philip Bourke Marston
Profound sorrow
Summer Sun
Robert Louis Stevenson
Joyful appreciation
Sunset
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Melancholic beauty
The Call
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bittersweet resilience
The First Kiss
Philip Bourke Marston
Tender longing
The One Gift
Philip Bourke Marston
Yearning tenderness
The Two Glasses
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Contrasting reflection
The Two Kinds of People
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflective challenge
The Vagabond
Robert Louis Stevenson
Free-spirited contentment
The Wheel of the Breast
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Turbulent introspection
Time and Love
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bittersweet reflection
To Sleep
Philip Bourke Marston
Tender longing
To a Day
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet reflection
To a Tune
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet nostalgia
To-Day
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Optimistic anticipation
Too Near
Philip Bourke Marston
Bittersweet yearning
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Eugene Field
Whimsical tranquility
A Love Dream
James Edwin Campbell
Bittersweet nostalgia
Bird-Song
James Edwin Campbell
Joyful awakening
Richard III
James Edwin Campbell
Dark majesty
An Epitaph
Edwin Markham
Transcendent reflection
I Am Standing Upon the Seashore
Henry Van Dyke
Reflective acceptance
The Man with the Hoe
Edwin Markham
Profound despair
The Never-Old
Edwin Markham
Joyful serenity
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Francis William Bourdillon
Melancholic reflection
Ave Maria Gratia Plena
Oscar Wilde
Melancholic wonder
Fabien Dei Franchi
Oscar Wilde
Darkly reflective
Frost To-Night
Edith M. Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
Le Panneau
Oscar Wilde
Ethereal beauty
Les Ballons
Oscar Wilde
Whimsical reverie
Rose and Rue
Oscar Wilde
Nostalgic sorrow
The Harlot's House
Oscar Wilde
Melancholic reflection
The Sleeper in the Valley
Arthur Rimbaud
Tragic serenity
To My Wife
Oscar Wilde
Tender nostalgia
Urbs Sacra Æterna
Oscar Wilde
Nostalgic reverence
Vos Non Vobis
Edith M. Thomas
Melancholic reflection
A Lament
George Edward Woodberry
Profound despair
A slant of sun on dull brown walls
Stephen Crane
Haunting introspection
At the Last
Fiona Macleod
Melancholic reflection
Falling Leaves
Fannie Isabel Sherrick
Bittersweet reflection
Fireflies
William Sharp
Magical tranquility
Life
Fannie Isabel Sherrick
Melancholic reflection
The Last Fay
Fiona Macleod
Melancholic longing
The Lonely Hunter
Fiona Macleod
Melancholic longing
The Rune of the Four Winds
Fiona Macleod
Spiritual contemplation
The Valley of Silence
Fiona Macleod
Serene introspection
The Wasp
William Sharp
Sensual curiosity
The White Peacock
William Sharp
Serene beauty
War Is Kind
Stephen Crane
Tragic irony
Fortune
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Bittersweet reflection
Lydia
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Nostalgic celebration
Tears
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Melancholic reflection
If I Should Die
Ben King
Dark humor
Imagination
John Davidson
Inspired wonder
Maidens
A. Mary F. Robinson
Hopeful resilience
Neurasthenia
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic isolation
Pallor
A. Mary F. Robinson
Somber reflection
Red May
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic reflection
The British Tars
Charles Harding Firth
Sorrowful reflection
The Outcast
John Davidson
Defiant isolation
The Road Leading Nowhere
A. Mary F. Robinson
Reflective melancholy
The Toad and the Fays
Ronald Ross
Curious contemplation
The Tramp
Ben King
Reflective melancholy
The Two Lions
A. Mary F. Robinson
Haunting introspection
The Widow
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic reflection
Three Songs
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic reflection
Torrents
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic longing
Treasure Song
A. Mary F. Robinson
Reflective melancholy
Versailles
A. Mary F. Robinson
Melancholic reflection
Writing History
A. Mary F. Robinson
Reflective melancholy
Estrangement
William Watson
Melancholic resignation
Love Well the Hour
E. Nesbit
Tender longing
Love's Suicide
E. Nesbit
Bittersweet resignation
The House by the Side of the Road
Sam Walter Foss
Reflective compassion
The Key-Board
William Watson
Sombre reflection
The Monk
E. Nesbit
Spiritual resignation
The Wife of All Ages
E. Nesbit
Tender melancholy
America the Beautiful
Katharine Lee Bates
Patriotic reverence
An Idol of Clay
Nixon Waterman
Bittersweet reflection
Be still, my soul
A.E.Housman
Melancholic reflection
Firewood
Katharine Lee Bates
Tender nostalgia
Good creatures
A.E.Housman
Dark contemplation
In my own shire
A.E.Housman
Melancholic reflection
It nods and curtseys and recovers
A.E.Housman
Melancholic reflection
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
A.E.Housman
Melancholic appreciation
Now hollow fires burn out to black
A.E.Housman
Somber resolve
Oh fair enough are sky and plain
A.E.Housman
Longing wonder
Oh, when I was in love with you
A.E.Housman
Nostalgic reflection
On moonlit heath and lonesome bank
A.E.Housman
Melancholic reflection
On the idle hill of summer
A.E.Housman
Melancholic reflection
The Carpenter's Son
A.E.Housman
Tragic resignation
The Day of Battle
A.E.Housman
Resigned courage
The Fellowship
Katharine Lee Bates
Spiritual longing
The Recruit
A.E.Housman
Heroic melancholy
The Rose and the Lily
Nixon Waterman
Bittersweet reflection
The True Lover
A.E.Housman
Tragic intimacy
The winds out of the west land blow
A.E.Housman
Nostalgic sorrow
To Olivia
Francis Thompson
Tender apprehension
To an Athlete Dying Young
A.E.Housman
Bittersweet reflection
To-day
Nixon Waterman
Reflective urgency
When I Was One-and-Twenty
A.E.Housman
Reflective melancholy
When I watch the living meet
A.E.Housman
Reflective melancholy
With rue my heart is laden
A.E.Housman
Nostalgic sorrow
A Butterfly in Church
George Marion McClellan
Reflective melancholy
I Shall Not Die For Thee
Douglas Hyde
Defiant rejection
In the Heart of a Rose
George Marion McClellan
Romantic yearning
Indian Summer
Wilfred Campbell
Nostalgic tranquility
Resentment
George Marion McClellan
Bittersweet regret
Sustaining Hope
George Marion McClellan
Tender longing
"The Starry Midnight Whispers"
Bliss Carman
Reflective yearning
A Vagabond Song
Bliss Carman
Nostalgic yearning
Contradictions
Mary Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Furness Abbey
Mary Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
I ask of thee, love, nothing but relief
Mary Coleridge
Bittersweet nostalgia
In Desperate Hope
Rabindranath Tagore
Longing spirituality
Let Me Not Forget
Rabindranath Tagore
Profound longing
Marriage
Mary Coleridge
Bittersweet reflection
My Song
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.
Bittersweet reflection
Nike
Bliss Carman
Celebratory reverence
Sheep and Lambs
Katharine Tynan Hinkson
Spiritual reflection
The Angel of Joy
Bliss Carman
Joyful serenity
The Enchanted Traveller
Bliss Carman
Nostalgic joy
The Garden of Dreams
Bliss Carman
Serene nostalgia
The Joys Of The Road
Bliss Carman
Joyful exploration
The Lady of Trees
Mary Coleridge
Whimsical tranquility
The Other Side of a Mirror
Mary Coleridge
Haunting despair
The Sailor
Rabindranath Tagore
Adventurous longing
The Wild Ride
Louise Imogen Guiney
Heroic melancholy
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Katharine Tynan Hinkson
Nostalgic yearning
The Witches' Wood
Mary Coleridge
Eerie contemplation
The World Voice
Bliss Carman
Melancholic introspection
Thomas of the Light Heart
Owen Seaman
Resilient humor
Threnody for a Poet
Bliss Carman
Serene reflection
To a False Patriot
Owen Seaman
Bitter reflection
Trees
Bliss Carman
Reverent appreciation
Veneta
Mary Coleridge
Melancholic reflection
Vestigia
Bliss Carman
Spiritual wonder
Weather of the Soul
Bliss Carman
Transformative reflection
Drake's Drum
Henry Newbolt
Nostalgic valor
Good Night
Daniel Webster Davis
Serene acceptance
Light in Darkness
Daniel Webster Davis
Hopeful resilience
A Fable
May (Julian) Sinclair
Reflective irony
A Winter Phantasy
Violet Jacob
Ethereal introspection
Bonnie Joann
Violet Jacob
Nostalgic yearning
Hallowe'en
Violet Jacob
Nostalgic reflection
Il vento scrive
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Ethereal nostalgia
Immortelle
May (Julian) Sinclair
Bittersweet reflection
Solipsism
George Santayana
Melancholic introspection
Walls (Τείχη)
C. P. Cavafy
Despairing isolation
A Bush Christening
Banjo Paterson
Humorous irony
A Bushman's Song
Banjo Paterson
Resilient determination
A Dream
Stephen Phillips
Melancholic reflection
An Hour
Stephen Phillips
Bittersweet reflection
Arles
Charles Murray
Playful intimacy
Beautiful Lie the Dead
Stephen Phillips
Melancholic tranquility
Charon's Song
Charles Murray
Somber acceptance
Clancy of the Overflow
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic yearning
Come-by-Chance
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic exploration
Hay and Hell and Booligal
Banjo Paterson
Ironically humorous
How Gilbert Died
Banjo Paterson
Tragic betrayal
If it might be
Stephen Phillips
Longing for light
Jock
Banjo Paterson
Heroic pride
Mulga Bill's Bicycle
Banjo Paterson
Humorous adventure
Old Man Platypus
Banjo Paterson
Lonely tranquility
On Kiley's Run
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic lament
Saltbush Bill
Banjo Paterson
Resilient struggle
Song of the Artesian Water
Banjo Paterson
Resilient hope
Sunrise on the Coast
Banjo Paterson
Awakening wonder
Swinging the Lead
Banjo Paterson
Ironically resigned
The Flying Gang
Banjo Paterson
Adventurous urgency
The Ghost of the Murderer's Hut
Banjo Paterson
Darkly humorous
The Maid O' the Mill
Charles Murray
Joyful anticipation
The Man from Ironbark
Banjo Paterson
Humorous irony
The Man from Snowy River
Banjo Paterson
Adventurous pride
The Old Australian Ways
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic adventure
The Story of Mongrel Grey
Banjo Paterson
Heroic reverence
The Swagman's Rest
Banjo Paterson
Bittersweet reflection
The Weather Prophet
Banjo Paterson
Ironic resignation
The Wind's Message
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic yearning
Those Names
Banjo Paterson
Nostalgic camaraderie
Waltzing Matilda
Banjo Paterson
Tragic nostalgia
When Dacey Rode the Mule
Banjo Paterson
Playful chaos
A Memory of Youth
William Butler Yeats
Bittersweet reflection
A White Night
Arthur Symons
Melancholic introspection
A Woman Homer Sung
William Butler Yeats
Reflective nostalgia
A Young Man's Song
William Butler Yeats
Tender longing
After Love
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet farewell
All Things Can Tempt Me
William Butler Yeats
Reflective resignation
An Astrologer's Song
Rudyard Kipling
Uplifting resilience
An Old Song Resung
William Butler Yeats
Nostalgic regret
At Dawn
Madison Julius Cawein
Somber introspection
At the Haymarket
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet reflection
Before the Squall
Arthur Symons
Turbulent anticipation
Beggar to Beggar Cried
William Butler Yeats
Frantic yearning
Christmas in India
Rudyard Kipling
Melancholic reflection
Danny Deever
Rudyard Kipling
Somber reflection
Dream Song
John Wesley Holloway
Nostalgic longing
Eyes
Arthur Symons
Tender longing
Fallen Majesty
William Butler Yeats
Nostalgic sorrow
For a Picture of Watteau
Arthur Symons
Melancholic reflection
Fuzzy-Wuzzy
Rudyard Kipling
Ironically celebratory
Gentlemen-Rankers
Rudyard Kipling
Bittersweet resignation
Gunga Din
Rudyard Kipling
Complex admiration
Her Street
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet nostalgia
If-
Rudyard Kipling
Inspirational resilience
In Shadow
Madison Julius Cawein
Melancholic reflection
In an Omnibus
Arthur Symons
Seductive melancholy
In the Oratory
Arthur Symons
Spiritual introspection
Javanese Dancers
Arthur Symons
Mysterious allure
Ku Klux
Madison Julius Cawein
Foreboding tension
L'Amour Par Terre
Arthur Symons
Melancholic reflection
Love in Dreams
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet longing
Maquillage
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet elegance
Mary, Pity Women!
Rudyard Kipling
Bittersweet lament
Modern Beauty
Arthur Symons
Melancholic reflection
Nocturne
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet nostalgia
On Meeting After
Arthur Symons
Melancholic reflection
Pastel
Arthur Symons
Tender nostalgia
Perfume
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet nostalgia
Quest
Arthur Symons
Melancholic pursuit
Revisited
Madison Julius Cawein
Melancholic reflection
Rewards
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet reflection
September 1913
William Butler Yeats
Nostalgic lament
The Absinthe Drinker
Arthur Symons
Dreamy introspection
The Blind Beggar
Arthur Symons
Sorrowful contemplation
The Cat and the Moon
William Butler Yeats
Mystical curiosity
The Consolation
William Butler Yeats
Reflective melancholy
The Dolls
William Butler Yeats
Ironic disillusionment
The Explanation
Rudyard Kipling
Melancholic reflection
The Fascination of What's Difficult
William Butler Yeats
Frustrated yearning
The Jacket
Rudyard Kipling
Ironically celebratory
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
William Butler Yeats
Serene longing
The Last Exit
Arthur Symons
Bittersweet reflection
The Last of the Light Brigade
Rudyard Kipling
Bittersweet reflection
The Liner, She’s a Lady
Rudyard Kipling
Nostalgic reflection
The Mask
William Butler Yeats
Introspective yearning
The Mountain Tomb
William Butler Yeats
Somber reflection
The Second Coming
William Butler Yeats
Apocalyptic dread
The Secret of the Machines
Rudyard Kipling
Awe and caution
The Song of Wandering Aengus
William Butler Yeats
Ethereal longing
The Three Hermits
William Butler Yeats
Reflective serenity
The Widow at Windsor
Rudyard Kipling
Ironically somber
The Witch
William Butler Yeats
Despairing reflection
Time
John Wesley Holloway
Contemplative reflection
To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing
William Butler Yeats
Resigned reflection
Tommy
Rudyard Kipling
Bittersweet irony
Troopin'
Rudyard Kipling
Bittersweet nostalgia
Upon a House Shaken by the Land Agitation
William Butler Yeats
Reflective melancholy
When Earth’s Last Picture is Painted
Rudyard Kipling
Reflective serenity
When Helen Lived
William Butler Yeats
Bittersweet reflection
Regret
Richard Le Gallienne
Profound sorrow
Amantium Irae
Ernest Dowson
Melancholic reflection
Beata Solitudo
Ernest Dowson
Serene longing
Chanson Sans Paroles
Ernest Dowson
Ethereal longing
De Amore
Ernest Dowson
Bittersweet reflection
Dregs
Ernest Dowson
Profound sorrow
Exchanges
Ernest Dowson
Melancholic longing
Hope in Failure
George William Russell
Resilient hopefulness
Illusion
George William Russell
Melancholic longing
In Tempore Senectutis
Ernest Dowson
Nostalgic reflection
In a Breton Cemetery
Ernest Dowson
Melancholic reflection
Magic
George William Russell
Spiritual exploration
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae
Ernest Dowson
Bittersweet nostalgia
On a Hillside
George William Russell
Nostalgic reverie
Seraphita
Ernest Dowson
Desperate yearning
Tanka I
Sadakichi Hartmann
Hopeful uncertainty
Tanka II
Sadakichi Hartmann
Tender longing
Terre Promise
Ernest Dowson
Tender longing
The Cuckoo Sings
Paul-Jean Toulet
Whimsical nostalgia
The Dead Child
Ernest Dowson
Profound sorrow
The Great Breath
George William Russell
Transcendent melancholy
The Three Witches
Ernest Dowson
Eerie longing
To One in Bedlam
Ernest Dowson
Melancholic wonder
To a Lady Asking Foolish Questions
Ernest Dowson
Bittersweet resignation
To a Lost Love
Ernest Dowson
Profound sorrow
To a Traveller
Lionel Johnson
Serene farewell
Villanelle of the Poet's Road
Ernest Dowson
Bittersweet reflection
Vitae Summa Brevis
Ernest Dowson
Melancholic reflection
"Indignation" Jones
Edgar Lee Masters
Resigned sorrow
Albert Thurston
Edgar Lee Masters
Majestic reverence
Angela Sanger
Edgar Lee Masters
Hopeful reflection
Benjamin Pantier
Edgar Lee Masters
Melancholic reflection
By the Waters of Babylon
Edgar Lee Masters
Melancholic reflection
Doctor Meyers
Edgar Lee Masters
Tragic reflection
Fletcher McGee
Edgar Lee Masters
Haunting despair
George Gray
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective melancholy
I Shall Never See You Again
Edgar Lee Masters
Profound sorrow
Isaiah Beethoven
Edgar Lee Masters
Contemplative acceptance
Jacob Braham
Edgar Lee Masters
Spiritual contemplation
Jonathan Swift Somers
Edgar Lee Masters
Profound introspection
Joseph Revell
Edgar Lee Masters
Spiritual introspection
Kildeer
Edgar Lee Masters
Melancholic reflection
Kinsey Keene
Edgar Lee Masters
Heroic resignation
Lucinda Matlock
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective acceptance
Mrs. Meyers
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective sorrow
My Light with Yours
Edgar Lee Masters
Transcendent reflection
Paul Laurence Dunbar
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Bittersweet reflection
Sarah Dewitt
Edgar Lee Masters
Spiritual disillusionment
Teresa Pashkowsky
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective beauty
The Call
Jessie Pope
Patriotic fervor
The Hill
Edgar Lee Masters
Melancholic reflection
The Oak Tree
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective melancholy
The Zeppelin Armada
Jessie Pope
Defiant resolve
Trainor, the Druggist
Edgar Lee Masters
Reflective irony
Wild Birds
Edgar Lee Masters
Transcendent longing
Yet Sing Low
Edgar Lee Masters
Nostalgic reverie
A Lament
Manmohan Ghose
Melancholic longing
Another Dark Lady
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Melancholic reflection
At the Closed Gate of Justice
James D. Corrothers
Sorrowful resilience
Exit
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Reflective sorrow
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon
Solemn remembrance
Heap ruby upon amethyst,
Manmohan Ghose
Romantic yearning
Horace to Leuconoë
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Reflective urgency
I stood within the heart of God
William Vaughn Moody
Spiritual reflection
Modern Medicine
Strickland Gillilan
Humorous irony
O Summer sun
Laurence Binyon
Joyful appreciation
Reuben Bright
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Profound sorrow
Richard Cory
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Tragic irony
Rooms
Charlotte Mew
Reflective melancholy
Shadrach O'Leary
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Reflective melancholy
Supremacy
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Melancholic reflection
The Black Christ
Arthur Shearly Cripps
Spiritual yearning
The Clerks
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Reflective melancholy
The First Food
George Sterling
Nostalgic sorrow
The House That Was
Laurence Binyon
Nostalgic reflection
The Peddler
Charlotte Mew
Tender longing
The Pilot
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Melancholic reflection
The Reading Mother
Strickland Gillilan
Nostalgic gratitude
The Tavern
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Haunting nostalgia