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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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Grodek
Georg Trakl
Haunting sorrow
Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death
Hilaire Belloc
Darkly ironic
The Dying Swan
T. Sturge Moore
Melancholic beauty
The Garden Party
Hilaire Belloc
Satirical observation
The Green River
Alfred Douglas
Melancholic longing
The Placid Pug
Alfred Douglas
Reflective irony
The Statue
Hilaire Belloc
Melancholic reflection
Walls
Eva Gore-Booth
Reflective serenity
A Connaught Lament
Nora Hopper Chesson
Profound sorrow
A Dead Girl To Her Lover
Nora Hopper Chesson
Haunting longing
A Ghost
Nora Hopper Chesson
Longing tenderness
A Marriage Charm
Nora Hopper Chesson
Intense devotion
A Question
J.M. Synge
Dark contemplation
A Sleep Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
A Song
Ralph Hodgson
Joyful nostalgia
A Song of Five
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
A Song of Four Winds
Nora Hopper Chesson
Ethereal tension
A Song of the Road
Nora Hopper Chesson
Joyful wanderlust
A Winter Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
A Woman's Charms
W. H. Davies
Tender admiration
An Early Love
W. H. Davies
Nostalgic tenderness
An Olive Leaf
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender melancholy
Apples
Nora Hopper Chesson
Seductive melancholy
Arrow Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Heroic intensity
Beauty
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet reverie
Beg-Innish
J.M. Synge
Joyful celebration
Castara's Flitting
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet nostalgia
Ceol-Sidhe
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic nostalgia
Children at Play
W. H. Davies
Joyful innocence
Cobwebs
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
Columbines
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
Comrades
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender solidarity
Cornish Lament
Nora Hopper Chesson
Profound longing
Dark Joan
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
Dawn
Nora Hopper Chesson
Quiet reflection
Days Too Short
W. H. Davies
Bittersweet reflection
Dread
J.M. Synge
Jealous contemplation
Dream Tragedies
W. H. Davies
Uneasy introspection
Easter Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Joyful renewal
Elusion
Nora Hopper Chesson
Intriguing restraint
Eve
Ralph Hodgson
Tragic innocence
Fire and Snow
Nora Hopper Chesson
Haunting nostalgia
Four Sisters
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic melancholy
Girl of Fifteen
James Weldon Johnson
Nostalgic yearning
Gold Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
Gray Eyes
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic yearning
Guinevere
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet reverie
Gypsy Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet longing
Hail
Nora Hopper Chesson
Foreboding beauty
Heaven
Rupert Brooke
Philosophical contemplation
Helen of Troy
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tragic reflection
I've thirty months
J.M. Synge
Reflective pride
If I Had Been a Rose
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic longing
Irish Ivy
Nora Hopper Chesson
Hopeful nostalgia
Iseult of Ireland
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic yearning
Jack O'Lanthorn
Nora Hopper Chesson
Haunting yearning
Jenifer
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
Joan o' the Wad
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic yearning
Joy Supreme
W. H. Davies
Romantic reverie
June
Nora Hopper Chesson
Sensual nostalgia
L'Abeille
Paul Valéry
Sensual longing
La Belle Dame Sans Mercy
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic allure
La Fileuse
Paul Valéry
Ethereal melancholy
Leisure
W. H. Davies
Reflective tranquility
Life
James Weldon Johnson
Contemplative melancholy
Life is Jolly
W. H. Davies
Joyful acceptance
Love in September
Nora Hopper Chesson
Romantic nostalgia
Love's Caution
W. H. Davies
Tender longing
Love's Inspiration
W. H. Davies
Tender longing
May Eve
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic longing
My Garland
Nora Hopper Chesson
Reflective reverence
My Youth
W. H. Davies
Reflective melancholy
On a Birthday
J.M. Synge
Joyful celebration
One Way of Love
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
Osiris
Nora Hopper Chesson
Spiritual longing
Over the Hills and Far Away
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic longing
Pierrot's Posies
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
Rosemary for Remembrance
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet remembrance
Róisín Dubh
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet reflection
Saav's Lament
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender longing
Shame
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender sorrow
Sheep in a Storm
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tense tranquility
Song of the Fomoroh
Nora Hopper Chesson
Darkly mystical
Spring Song
Nora Hopper Chesson
Joyful anticipation
St. Maurice
Nora Hopper Chesson
Spiritual contemplation
Strong Moments
W. H. Davies
Reflective tenderness
Sweet Stay-at-Home
W. H. Davies
Tender appreciation
The Beginning
Rupert Brooke
Nostalgic yearning
The Captive Lion
W. H. Davies
Tragic reflection
The Charm
Rupert Brooke
Tender reverie
The Chrysoberyl
Nora Hopper Chesson
Transformative longing
The Cuckoo Sings in the Heart of Winter
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet remembrance
The Dance
Rupert Brooke
Melancholic longing
The Dark Man
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet longing
The Dinny Math
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender melancholy
The East Wind
Nora Hopper Chesson
Eerie reflection
The Faery Fool
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
The Fairy Music
Nora Hopper Chesson
Haunting longing
The Faun to his Shadow
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
The Fog
W. H. Davies
Mysterious unease
The Forgetful People
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic resignation
The Hill-Winds
Nora Hopper Chesson
Longing melancholy
The Jester
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet reflection
The King of Ireland's Son
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic longing
The Kingfisher
W. H. Davies
Reflective tranquility
The Last Viking
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic yearning
The Lonely Dreamer
W. H. Davies
Melancholic reflection
The Moth
Nora Hopper Chesson
Tender nostalgia
The Old Oak Tree
W. H. Davies
Reflective sorrow
The Passing of the Shee
J.M. Synge
Nostalgic reflection
The Pixies
Nora Hopper Chesson
Whimsical nostalgia
The Pixy Gleaner
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet yearning
The Samphire Gatherer
Nora Hopper Chesson
Brave resilience
The Shepherd of the Sea
Nora Hopper Chesson
Majestic solitude
The Snow
Nora Hopper Chesson
Transitory beauty
The Soldier
Rupert Brooke
Nostalgic reverence
The Starved
W. H. Davies
Heartfelt despair
The Two Lives
W. H. Davies
Reflective tranquility
The Villain
W. H. Davies
Melancholic reflection
The Woman in the Shadow
Nora Hopper Chesson
Melancholic reflection
The World's Desire
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet longing
Thor Asleep
Nora Hopper Chesson
Epic yearning
To the Ladies Des Baux
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nostalgic melancholy
Virginia Stocks
Nora Hopper Chesson
Resilient beauty
When the Cuckoo Sings
W. H. Davies
Reflective solitude
Winds
Nora Hopper Chesson
Bittersweet reflection
Winter's Beauty
W. H. Davies
Serene appreciation
A Dalesman's Litany
Frederic William Moorman
Resilient nostalgia
A Woman Wronged
Cale Young Rice
Somber resignation
Antinous
Alan Seeger
Serene contemplation
As one of some fat tillage dispossessed
Alan Seeger
Bittersweet reflection
Broceliande
Alan Seeger
Melancholic wonder
Buddha
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Serene acceptance
Common Things
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Reflective admiration
Conscience and Remorse
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Haunting regret
Desiderata
Max Ehrmann
Serene acceptance
Dirge to a Dead Owl
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Melancholic reflection
Flashlights VIII
Mary Reynolds Aldis
Somber reflection
Fulfilment
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bittersweet reflection
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
Alan Seeger
Somber acceptance
I Sit Afraid
Max Ehrmann
Tender despair
I have sought Happiness
Alan Seeger
Reflective resignation
If Flowers Had Ghosts
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Nostalgic reflection
In Flanders Fields
John McCrae
Sombre reflection
In March
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Joyful renewal
Incredible!
Cale Young Rice
Awe-filled reflection
Kyrenaikos
Alan Seeger
Sensual tranquility
Lile Doad
Frederic William Moorman
Profound sorrow
Longing
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Nostalgic yearning
Maktoob
Alan Seeger
Stoic acceptance
Mammoths
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Nostalgic awe
Melancholia
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Profound sorrow
Merry Autumn
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Joyful celebration
Millicent Passes
Cale Young Rice
Tragic yearning
Oh, you are more desirable to me
Alan Seeger
Intense longing
On the Moor
Cale Young Rice
Bittersweet reflection
Once, In the Dim Wood
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Nostalgic melancholy
Promise
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bittersweet reflection
Religion
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Critical compassion
Sea-Hoardings
Cale Young Rice
Bittersweet reflection
Spring Salmon
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Nostalgic yearning
Telling the Bees
Frederic William Moorman
Sorrowful reverence
The Aisne (1914-15)
Alan Seeger
Nostalgic valor
The Badger
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Quiet contemplation
The Evening Rise
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Serene anticipation
The Faun
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Joyful resignation
The Gardener's Cat
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Whimsical contentment
The Lass I Love
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Playful affection
The Little Ghost
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Melancholic wonder
The Mystic
Cale Young Rice
Spiritual quest
The Poet and His Song
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Resilient optimism
The Secret
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Melancholic reflection
The Shrine of Shrines
Cale Young Rice
Melancholic reflection
The Tortoiseshell Cat
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Bittersweet reflection
There have been times
Alan Seeger
Resigned longing
Virginibus Puerisque...
Alan Seeger
Nostalgic reflection
Vivien
Alan Seeger
Ethereal longing
Wanting the Moon
Cale Young Rice
Tragic yearning
We Wear the Mask
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Veiled sorrow
When Mary Goes Walking
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Joyful reverie
Autumn Evening
Ford Madox Hueffer
Melancholic reflection
Day and Dark
George Cabot Lodge
Reflective serenity
In Tenebris
Ford Madox Hueffer
Yearning melancholy
Old Susan
Walter de la Mare
Nostalgic contemplation
On the Hills
Ford Madox Hueffer
Joyful escape
Spring on the Woodland Path
Ford Madox Hueffer
Bittersweet renewal
The Dream Hunt
Ford Madox Hueffer
Bittersweet longing
The Final Word
George Cabot Lodge
Profound despair
The Fire
Lola Ridge
Somber reflection
The Kid has gone to the Colors
W.M. Herschell
Proud nostalgia
The Moth
Walter de la Mare
Ethereal longing
The Titmouse
Walter de la Mare
Joyful contemplation
The Woman with Jewels
Lola Ridge
Tragic beauty
There Shall be More Joy
Ford Madox Hueffer
Joyful anticipation
To Silence
George Cabot Lodge
Spiritual solace
Wife to Husband
Ford Madox Hueffer
Nostalgic yearning
You Make Me Think of Lavender
Ford Madox Hueffer
Nostalgic tenderness
A Blockhead
Amy Lowell
Bittersweet reflection
A Carafe, That is a Blind Glass
Gertrude Stein
Intriguing ambiguity
A Chair
Gertrude Stein
Contemplative unease
A Hymn
G. K. Chesterton
Spiritual urgency
A Hymn for the Church Militant
G. K. Chesterton
Spiritual humility
A Light in the Moon
Gertrude Stein
Quizzical contemplation
A Little Called Pauline
Gertrude Stein
Absurd tranquility
A Petition
Amy Lowell
Tender longing
A Piano
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
A Piece of Coffee
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
A Plate
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
A Seltzer Bottle
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
A Substance in a Cushion
Gertrude Stein
Curious contemplation
A Table
Gertrude Stein
Contemplative stability
A Vantage Point
Robert Frost
Contemplative tranquility
A religion
Gertrude Stein
Contemplative inquiry
Adelfos
Manuel Machado
Melancholic resignation
Almost very likely there is no seduction
Gertrude Stein
Contemplative ambiguity
An Old Man’s Winter Night
Robert Frost
Reflective solitude
Apology
Amy Lowell
Joyful introspection
Atlantis
Gordon Bottomley
Melancholic reflection
Ballad of the Sun
G. K. Chesterton
Contemplative reverence
Bond and Free
Robert Frost
Reflective exploration
Book
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
Break of Day in the Trenches
Isaac Rosenberg
Ironically somber
Cake
Gertrude Stein
Abstract curiosity
Careless Water
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
Cranberries
Gertrude Stein
Surreal contemplation
Dead Man's Dump
Isaac Rosenberg
Haunting despair
Dirt and Not Copper
Gertrude Stein
Reflective depth
Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Contemplative tension
Glazed Glitter
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
I caught a bird which made a ball
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
In the Past
Trumbull Stickney
Melancholic introspection
La caseta de feria
Manuel Machado
Joyful celebration
Little Ivory Figures Pulled with String
Amy Lowell
Ethereal longing
Live blindly and upon the hour
Trumbull Stickney
Transcendent reflection
Love's Trappist
G. K. Chesterton
Melancholic reflection
Mending Wall
Robert Frost
Contemplative tension
Mildred's Umbrella
Gertrude Stein
Reflective Loss
Milk
Gertrude Stein
Surreal contemplation
Music
Amy Lowell
Nostalgic tranquility
Mutton
Gertrude Stein
Surreal contemplation
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Melancholic reflection
On Righteous Indignation
G. K. Chesterton
Reflective sorrow
Revelation
Robert Frost
Reflective yearning
Roastbeef
Gertrude Stein
Abstract contemplation
Sevillanas
Manuel Machado
Joyful nostalgia
Significance
Isaac Rosenberg
Turbulent introspection
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
Contemplative solitude
Stupidity
Amy Lowell
Tender regret
Sugar
Gertrude Stein
Surreal contemplation
The Beatific Vision
G. K. Chesterton
Spiritual wonder
The Captured Goddess
Amy Lowell
Tragic beauty
The Crusader Returns from Captivity
G. K. Chesterton
Triumphant reflection
The Deluge
G. K. Chesterton
Defiant spirituality
The Donkey
G. K. Chesterton
Irony and Wonder
The Enchanted Sheep-Fold
Josephine Preston Peabody
Tender nostalgia
The Female God
Isaac Rosenberg
Intense reverence
The Great Minimum
G. K. Chesterton
Reflective reverence
The Hill Wife - House Fear
Robert Frost
Eerie apprehension
The Kingdom of Heaven
G. K. Chesterton
Spiritual struggle
The Myth of Arthur
G. K. Chesterton
Reflective contemplation
The Quitter
Robert W. Service
Resilient determination
The Reed
Josephine Preston Peabody
Resilient hope
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Reflective contemplation
The Strange Music
G. K. Chesterton
Hopeful longing
The Taxi
Amy Lowell
Haunting longing
Why is a pale white not paler than blue
Gertrude Stein
Curious perplexity
¡Viva la Virgen del Rocío!
Manuel Machado
Spiritual reverence
A Terre
Wilfred Owen
Profound despair
Am I a prisoner?
Anna Hempstead Branch
Claustrophobic dread
Amid the Roses
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Bittersweet reflection
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen
Tragic lamentation
Antigonish
William Hughes Mearns
Eerie longing
Apologia pro Poemate Meo
Wilfred Owen
Profoundly ironic sorrow
Apparition
Yone Noguchi
Melancholic longing
Arms and the Boy
Wilfred Owen
Haunting reflection
Caminante, no hay camino
Antonio Machado
Reflective journey
Campo
Antonio Machado
Melancholic reflection
Conscious
Wilfred Owen
Haunting confusion
Disabled
Wilfred Owen
Profound sorrow
Dulce et Decorum Est
Wilfred Owen
Haunting despair
East Kennet Church at Evening
Charles Sorley
Contemplative tranquility
Elegy in April and September
Wilfred Owen
Melancholic reflection
From My Diary, July 1914
Wilfred Owen
Joyful nostalgia
Futility
Wilfred Owen
Melancholic reflection
German Rain
Charles Sorley
Reflective renewal
Greater Love
Wilfred Owen
Profound sorrow
Hokku
Yone Noguchi
Reflective serenity
I and Nature are one in sweet weariness
Yone Noguchi
Transcendent tranquility
I say that words are men and when we spell
Anna Hempstead Branch
Awestruck caution
If I Had Known
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Reflective sorrow
If I have suffered pain
Charles Sorley
Reflective struggle
Is there anything new under the sun
Yone Noguchi
Curious optimism
Peer Gynt
Charles Sorley
Bittersweet reflection
Rooks
Charles Sorley
Melancholic contemplation
Rooks (II)
Charles Sorley
Melancholic wonder
Rosa de Fuego
Antonio Machado
Sensual reverie
Sinking of the Mendi
S.E.K. Mqhayi
Somber reflection
Smile, Smile, Smile
Wilfred Owen
Bitter irony
Spring Offensive
Wilfred Owen
Tragic contemplation
The Chances
Wilfred Owen
Tragic irony
The Dead-Beat
Wilfred Owen
Tragic irony
The End
Wilfred Owen
Melancholic reflection
The Perfect Reactionary
William Hughes Mearns
Whimsical detachment
The Send-Off
Wilfred Owen
Somber reflection
The Sentry
Wilfred Owen
Haunting despair
The Show
Wilfred Owen
Haunting despair
To Eros
Wilfred Owen
Tragic devotion
To Germany
Charles Sorley
Melancholic reflection
When you see millions of the mouthless dead
Charles Sorley
Somber reflection
It's age, not youth, alone can truly love
William Ellery Leonard
Reflective acceptance
Love is a Terrible Thing
Grace Fallow Norton
Melancholic yearning
Meditations of a Negro's Mind, I
Charles Frederick White
Profound sorrow
O be my voice, belovèd, or I die
William Ellery Leonard
Desperate yearning
Oh, the Burden, the Burden of Love Ungiven
Grace Fallow Norton
Heavy longing
Plea of the Negro Soldier
Charles Frederick White
Fierce lamentation
Questing
Joshua Henry Jones
Joyful exploration
Silver Spoils
Grace Fallow Norton
Joyful defiance
To a Skull
Joshua Henry Jones
Contemplative melancholy
Be the Best of Whatever You Are
Douglas Malloch
Inspirational determination
Fishmonger
Marsden Hartley
Whimsical reverie
Rain Music
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
Joyful renewal
The Band of Gideon
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
Divine wrath and human folly
What Have I to Sorrow O'er?
George Reginald Margetson
Hopeful resignation
Who Understands
Douglas Malloch
Solemn understanding
A Cat
Edward Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
A Sphinx
Carl Sandburg
Mysterious contemplation
Adlestrop
Edward Thomas
Nostalgic tranquility
After Rain
Edward Thomas
Reflective renewal
Andaluza
Grace Hazard Conkling
Sensual intrigue
Bill
John Masefield
Somber resignation
By the Weir
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Bittersweet reflection
Cargoes
John Masefield
Nostalgic reflection
Child of the Romans
Carl Sandburg
Bittersweet reflection
Choices
Carl Sandburg
Tense reflection
Death
Thomas MacDonagh
Reflective acceptance
Docks
Carl Sandburg
Adventurous determination
Dreams in the Dusk
Carl Sandburg
Melancholic reflection
Fish Crier
Carl Sandburg
Joyful resilience
Gone
Carl Sandburg
Melancholic longing
Graves
Carl Sandburg
Melancholic reflection
I built myself a house of glass
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
It is Much
Carl Sandburg
Bittersweet reflection
Jaws
Carl Sandburg
Haunting urgency
John-John
Thomas MacDonagh
Bittersweet farewell
Joy
Carl Sandburg
Exuberant intensity
Lost
Carl Sandburg
Melancholic longing
Mag
Carl Sandburg
Regretful longing
Mill-Doors
Carl Sandburg
Melancholic resignation
Monotone
Carl Sandburg
Serene appreciation
Murmerings in a Field Hospital
Carl Sandburg
Nostalgic tranquility
Niagara: Seen on a Night in November
Adelaide Crapsey
Melancholic wonder
No one cares less than I
Edward Thomas
Ironic resignation
November Night
Adelaide Crapsey
Melancholic reflection
Out in the dark
Edward Thomas
Mysterious unease
Parting
Edward Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
Passers-By
Carl Sandburg
Reflective nostalgia
Pierrot
Adelaide Crapsey
Somber reflection
Prayer
John Masefield
Reflective resignation
Rain
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Rhapsody
William Stanley Braithwaite
Joyful reflection
Roads
Edward Thomas
Reflective solitude
Sea-Fever
John Masefield
Adventurous longing
Sic Vita
William Stanley Braithwaite
Joyful wonder
Sight
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Bittersweet reflection
Snow
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
The Child on the Cliffs
Edward Thomas
Tender longing
The Cuckoo
Edward Thomas
Nostalgic sorrow
The Dark Forest
Edward Thomas
Mysterious contemplation
The Death Rooms
John Masefield
Haunting introspection
The Ice Cart
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Yearning escape
The Lofty Sky
Edward Thomas
Yearning for freedom
The Mist
Carl Sandburg
Mysterious contemplation
The Owl
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
The Road and the End
Carl Sandburg
Reflective melancholy
The Unknown
Edward Thomas
Melancholic longing
The Warning
Adelaide Crapsey
Eerie introspection
The West Wind
John Masefield
Nostalgic yearning
The Word
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
The Yellow Bittern
Thomas MacDonagh
Melancholic reflection
The clouds that are so light
Edward Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
The sun set, the wind fell
Edward Thomas
Reflective tranquility
There was a time
Edward Thomas
Nostalgic reflection
There's nothing like the sun
Edward Thomas
Reflective appreciation
These things that poets said
Edward Thomas
Pensive uncertainty
Triad
Adelaide Crapsey
Quiet reflection
Twilight
John Masefield
Nostalgic reflection
What Will They Do?
Edward Thomas
Melancholic reflection
When Bony Death
John Masefield
Melancholic reflection
When we two walked
Edward Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
A Word
Harold Monro
Contemplative longing
Another Weeping Woman
Wallace Stevens
Profound sorrow
Dance of the Macabre Mice
Wallace Stevens
Surreal contemplation
General William Booth Enters into Heaven
Vachel Lindsay
Transcendent celebration
Ghosts
Joseph Campbell
Melancholic reverie
How Still the Night
Joseph Campbell
Melancholic reflection
I Went Down Into the Desert
Vachel Lindsay
Spiritual desolation
Invective Against Swans
Wallace Stevens
Melancholic reflection
Milk for the Cat
Harold Monro
Tender longing
Palace of the Babies
Wallace Stevens
Melancholic solitude
Pantheon
Lucian B. Watkins
Spiritual wonder
Ploughing on Sunday
Wallace Stevens
Joyful contemplation
Re-statement of Romance
Wallace Stevens
Introspective connection
Star of Ethiopia
Lucian B. Watkins
Hopeful resilience
Tattoo
Wallace Stevens
Ethereal introspection
The Death of a Soldier
Wallace Stevens
Somber reflection
The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
Vachel Lindsay
Nostalgic lament
The Old Woman
Joseph Campbell
Tender reflection
The Shepherd
Joseph Campbell
Spiritual contemplation
The Woman at the Well
Joseph Campbell
Melancholic reflection
The Young Girl
Joseph Campbell
Bittersweet reflection
Apes and Ivory
Alfred Noyes
Romantic reverie
Black Woman
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Profound sorrow
Dewdrops
Myra Viola Wilds
Joyful reflection
Home for Love
John Freeman
Reflective warmth
I Want to Die While You Love Me
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Tender melancholy
Serenity
Charles Bertram Johnson
Resilient calm
So Much
Charles Bertram Johnson
Yearning introspection
Spring
Charles Bertram Johnson
Hopeful renewal
Stone Trees
John Freeman
Haunting stillness
The 'Ole in the Ark
Marriott Edgar
Humorous absurdity
The Heart of a Woman
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Melancholic yearning
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes
Tragic romance
The Teacher
Leslie Pinckney Hill
Reflective humility
The Wings of Oppression
Leslie Pinckney Hill
Resilient hope
Thoughts
Myra Viola Wilds
Reflective empowerment
'You Are Very Brown'
Mary Webb
Longing for acceptance
A Sense of Humor
Edgar A. Guest
Uplifting reflection
A Song of Thanks
Edward Smyth Jones
Grateful celebration
Always Saying "Don't!"
Edgar A. Guest
Frustrated innocence
America
Alice Corbin
Hopeful reflection
Dreams
Edgar A. Guest
Resilient hope
Epitaph
Lascelles Abercrombie
Ironically resigned
Foam
Witter Bynner
Whimsical contemplation
Friends Old and New
Edgar A. Guest
Joyful nostalgia
Ganymede
Witter Bynner
Bittersweet longing
Good Business
Edgar A. Guest
Optimistic encouragement
Had Youth Been Willing to Listen
Edgar A. Guest
Reflective caution
Hand in Hand
Edgar A. Guest
Nostalgic warmth
It Couldn't be Done
Edgar A. Guest
Inspirational determination
Jehovah
Alice Corbin
Spiritual contemplation
Keep Your Dreams
Edgar A. Guest
Hopeful nostalgia
Love Me at Last
Alice Corbin
Yearning resignation
Mammy's Baby Scared
Waverley Turner Carmichael
Tender reassurance
My Goals
Edgar A. Guest
Hopeful determination
Myself
Edgar A. Guest
Reflective integrity
Remit
Edward Smyth Jones
Sorrowful resignation
Results and Roses
Edgar A. Guest
Determined optimism
Rich or Poor
Edgar A. Guest
Reflective contemplation
Romance
Witter Bynner
Mystical introspection
Sands
Witter Bynner
Contemplative resignation
See It Through
Edgar A. Guest
Resilient determination
Send Her a Valentine
Edgar A. Guest
Nostalgic tenderness
Sunset
Edgar A. Guest
Serene reflection
The Failing Moon
Alice Corbin
Melancholic reflection
The House of Aengus
Alice Corbin
Ethereal joy
The Lyre
Alice Corbin
Ethereal longing
The Pup
Edgar A. Guest
Playful affection
The Rich Man
Franklin P. Adams
Bittersweet irony
The Sorry Hostess
Edgar A. Guest
Ironic melancholy
The Star
Alice Corbin
Melancholic wonder
The Stick-Together Families
Edgar A. Guest
Nostalgic warmth
The Vagrant
Mary Webb
Mystical introspection
There Are No Gods
Edgar A. Guest
Empowering realism
Tied Down
Edgar A. Guest
Joyful acceptance
To Life
Mary Webb
Intense yearning
To-Day
Mary Webb
Bittersweet reflection
"The Starry Sky" of Wyndham Lewis
Mina Loy
Cosmic introspection
A Thought
A. A. Milne
Playful irony
Aid of the Madonna
Mina Loy
Spiritual reflection
At Home
A. A. Milne
Childlike yearning
At that hour when all things have repose
James Joyce
Spiritual longing
At the Zoo
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Bad Sir Brian Botany
A. A. Milne
Playful irony
Because your voice was at my side
James Joyce
Bittersweet reflection
Before Tea
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Bid Adieu
James Joyce
Tender nostalgia
Binker
A. A. Milne
Childlike imagination
Brancusi’s Golden Bird
Mina Loy
Aesthetic reverence
Bread and Roses
James Oppenheim
Empowered resilience
Bright cap and streamers
James Joyce
Joyful yearning
Brownie
A. A. Milne
Childlike curiosity
Cherry Stones
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Come Out With Me
A. A. Milne
Playful melancholy
Come to Me
Mina Loy
Intense yearning
Conjured
Robert Nathaniel Dett
Playful confusion
Corner-of-the-Street
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Crab-Angel
Mina Loy
Whimsical surrealism
Cradle Song
A. A. Milne
Tender affection
Daffodowndilly
A. A. Milne
Joyful awakening
Dear heart, why will you use me so?
James Joyce
Melancholic longing
Der Blinde Junge
Mina Loy
Haunting introspection
Disobedience
A. A. Milne
Playful unease
Down by the Pond
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Explained
A. A. Milne
Curious exploration
Faun Fare
Mina Loy
Playful irony
Forgiven
A. A. Milne
Tender nostalgia
Forgotten
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic longing
Furry Bear
A. A. Milne
Playful comfort
Gentle lady, do not sing
James Joyce
Melancholic reflection
Growing Up
A. A. Milne
Joyful anticipation
Halfway Down
A. A. Milne
Playful introspection
Happiness
A. A. Milne
Playful contentment
Harvesting
John Drinkwater
Melancholic reflection
Hoppity
A. A. Milne
Playful innocence
Human Cylinders
Mina Loy
Existential reflection
I Don't Care
Mina Loy
Detached introspection
I Hear an Army
James Joyce
Haunting longing
I Know the Wire-Puller Intimately
Mina Loy
Introspective tension
I would in that sweet bosom be
James Joyce
Tender longing
If I Were King
A. A. Milne
Playful imagination
In the Dark
A. A. Milne
Childlike imagination
In the Fashion
A. A. Milne
Playful yearning
In the dark pine-wood
James Joyce
Sensual longing
Jonathan Jo
A. A. Milne
Playful whimsy
Journey's End
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic simplicity
King John's Christmas
A. A. Milne
Bittersweet anticipation
Knight-in-Armour
A. A. Milne
Playful courage
Knights and Ladies
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic curiosity
Lean out of the window
James Joyce
Tender longing
Lightly come or lightly go
James Joyce
Transcendent acceptance
Lines and Squares
A. A. Milne
Playful caution
Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy-Blue
A. A. Milne
Playful affection
Man, the Creator!
James Oppenheim
Existential despair
Market Square
A. A. Milne
Playful nostalgia
Moonlit Apples
John Drinkwater
Melancholic wonder
Mrs. Willow
John Drinkwater
Melancholic reflection
My dove, my beautiful one
James Joyce
Tender longing
Nursery Chairs
A. A. Milne
Childlike imagination
O Hell
Mina Loy
Reflective tension
O cool is the valley now
James Joyce
Tender tranquility
O sweetheart
James Joyce
Tender melancholy
O, it was out by Donnycarney
James Joyce
Tender nostalgia
Omen of Victory
Mina Loy
Tender tranquility
Oriflamme
Jessie R. Fauset
Resilient sorrow
Pinkle Purr
A. A. Milne
Playful affection
Property of Pigeons
Mina Loy
Tender wonder
Puppy and I
A. A. Milne
Playful exploration
Rain has fallen all the day
James Joyce
Melancholic longing
Requiem
Anne Spencer
Melancholic reflection
Rice Pudding
A. A. Milne
Frustrated innocence
Sand-Between-the-Toes
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic joy
Shoes and Stockings
A. A. Milne
Joyful anticipation
Shuttle-Cock and Battle-Door
Mina Loy
Tender nostalgia
Silently she’s combing
James Joyce
Tender longing
Sketch of a Man on a Platform
Mina Loy
Complex admiration
Sleep now, O sleep now
James Joyce
Tender melancholy
Sneezles
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Solitude
A. A. Milne
Quiet reflection
Spring Morning
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
Strings in the earth and air
James Joyce
Ethereal tranquility
Summer Afternoon
A. A. Milne
Playful tranquility
Swing Song
A. A. Milne
Joyful exuberance
Teddy Bear
A. A. Milne
Playful acceptance
The Alchemist
A. A. Milne
Curious enchantment
The Charcoal Burner
A. A. Milne
Serene introspection
The Dead
Mina Loy
Existential reflection
The Dying Philosopher to His Fiddler
John Drinkwater
Reflective resignation
The Emperor's Rhyme
A. A. Milne
Playful absurdity
The End
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic innocence
The Engineer
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
The Four Friends
A. A. Milne
Whimsical camaraderie
The Friend
A. A. Milne
Playful camaraderie
The Ghouls
Helen Hamilton
Dark contemplation
The Good Little Girl
A. A. Milne
Playful irony
The Invaders
A. A. Milne
Joyful tranquility
The Island
A. A. Milne
Joyful solitude
The Jingo-woman
Helen Hamilton
Frustrated indignation
The Little Black Hen
A. A. Milne
Playful curiosity
The Main-Deep
James Stephens
Tranquil reflection
The Mediterranean Sea
Mina Loy
Sensual nostalgia
The Mirror
A. A. Milne
Serene reflection
The Morning Walk
A. A. Milne
Nostalgic joy
The Mouth-Organ
Cicely Fox Smith
Resilient camaraderie
The North Sea Ground
Cicely Fox Smith
Nostalgic resilience
The Old Sailor
A. A. Milne
Ironic contemplation
The Peon's Child
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
Bittersweet reflection
The Plan
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
Hopeful spirituality
The Romancing Poet
Helen Hamilton
Indignant reflection
The Seeker
James Stephens
Melancholic longing
The Ships of Grief
John Drinkwater
Melancholic acceptance
The Skin-Sack
Mina Loy
Pensive introspection
The Three Foxes
A. A. Milne
Playful whimsy
The Widow's Jazz
Mina Loy
Haunting nostalgia
The Wife-Woman
Anne Spencer
Bittersweet reflection
The Wrong House
A. A. Milne
Melancholic reflection
Thou leanest to the shell of night
James Joyce
Ethereal curiosity
Time to Die
Raymond Garfield Dandridge
Reflective urgency
Time-Bomb
Mina Loy
Tense reflection
Translation
Anne Spencer
Serene introspection
Twice Times
A. A. Milne
Playful reflection
Us Two
A. A. Milne
Playful companionship
Vale
Catherine Pozzi
Bittersweet reflection
Valuation
Raymond Garfield Dandridge
Resigned acceptance
Vespers
A. A. Milne
Tender innocence
Voices Break on the Confines of Passion
Mina Loy
Turbulent desire
Waiting At The Window
A. A. Milne
Playful anticipation
Water-Lillies
A. A. Milne
Whimsical longing
We Might Have Coupled
Mina Loy
Bittersweet longing
What counsel has the hooded moon
James Joyce
Tender wonder
When We Lifted
Mina Loy
Cosmic wonder
When the shy star goes forth in heaven
James Joyce
Tender longing
Who goes amid the green wood
James Joyce
Joyful reverie
Wind on the Hill
A. A. Milne
Curious contemplation
Winds of May, that dance on the sea
James Joyce
Bittersweet longing
Yield but thy love to me
Robert Nathaniel Dett
Tender longing
A Tear and a Smile
Kahlil Gibran
Bittersweet reflection
Defeat
Kahlil Gibran
Defiant acceptance
Der Aufbruch
Ernst Stadler
Heroic tension
Evil
Arthur Davison Ficke
Tense unease
I Sat Among the Green Leaves
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
Melancholic reflection
Idealists
Alfred Kreymborg
Reflective aspiration
Lover's Seat
Ernst Stadler
Bittersweet reflection
Mujer
William Carlos Williams
Tender irony
On Prayer
Kahlil Gibran
Spiritual reflection
On Talking
Kahlil Gibran
Contemplative serenity
Prodigy
Alfred Kreymborg
Melancholic wonder
Song of Man
Kahlil Gibran
Melancholic introspection
The Red Wheelbarrow
William Carlos Williams
Contemplative simplicity
The Sea Witch
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
Enchanting tranquility
The Snake
Arthur Davison Ficke
Melancholic wonder
A Cry
Sara Teasdale
Profound longing
A Maiden
Sara Teasdale
Longing melancholy
Alone
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic isolation
Beatrice
Sara Teasdale
Haunting reflection
Dreams
Sara Teasdale
Haunting nostalgia
Erinna
Sara Teasdale
Profound sorrow and longing
I Love You
Sara Teasdale
Tender longing
Immortal
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic reflection
Joy
Sara Teasdale
Exuberant celebration
My Servant
Eunice Tietjens
Bittersweet acceptance
Paris in Spring
Sara Teasdale
Joyful nostalgia
Pavlovna in London
James Elroy Flecker
Melancholic wonder
Pity
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic reflection
Romance
Walter J. Turner
Nostalgic enchantment
The Fox
R. Williams Parry
Melancholic reflection
The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God
J. Milton Hayes
Tragic longing
The Lights of New York
Sara Teasdale
Spiritual wonder
The Metropolitan Tower
Sara Teasdale
Tender nostalgia
The Old Ships
James Elroy Flecker
Melancholic nostalgia
The Poorhouse
Sara Teasdale
Profound despair
The River
Sara Teasdale
Bittersweet longing
The Rose
Sara Teasdale
Bittersweet nostalgia
The Sea Wind
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic longing
The Steam Shovel
Eunice Tietjens
Melancholic reflection
The Three Hills
J. C. Squire
Melancholic reflection
The Wanderer
Sara Teasdale
Nostalgic yearning
There Will Come Soft Rains
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic reflection
Tides
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic reflection
To One Away
Sara Teasdale
Longing tenderness
Twilight
Sara Teasdale
Melancholic longing
Union Square
Sara Teasdale
Bittersweet longing
Wild Asters
Sara Teasdale
Bittersweet reflection
Youth and the Pilgrim
Sara Teasdale
Haunting introspection
A Love Song
D. H. Lawrence
Yearning tenderness
A Pang of Reminiscence
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic longing
A White Blossom
D. H. Lawrence
Tender nostalgia
After All the Tragedies Are Over
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic acceptance
All That We Have Is Life
D. H. Lawrence
Defiant urgency
And Oh That the Man I Am Might Cease to Be—
D. H. Lawrence
Profound despair
Aware
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic longing
Beautiful Old Age
D. H. Lawrence
Reflective serenity
Bei Hennef
D. H. Lawrence
Serene reflection
Blank
D. H. Lawrence
Existential reflection
Brother and Sister
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic reflection
Caliban in the Coal Mines
Louis Untermeyer
Despairing longing
Cherry Robbers
D. H. Lawrence
Bittersweet contemplation
Climbing Up
D. H. Lawrence
Bittersweet disillusionment
Coldness in Love
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic longing
December Night
D. H. Lawrence
Intimate warmth
Dog-Tired
D. H. Lawrence
Tender longing
Dream-Confused
D. H. Lawrence
Ethereal longing
Green
D. H. Lawrence
Awakening wonder
He Likens Her to a Rose-Tree, Himself to the Wind
F. S. Flint
Tender wonder
Iliad
Humbert Wolfe
Bittersweet reflection
Implication
Louis Untermeyer
Bittersweet reflection
In a Station of the Metro
Ezra Pound
Transcendent reflection
In the Dark
D. H. Lawrence
Tense intimacy
It Was Not Fate
William H. A. Moore
Reflective yearning
Kill Money
D. H. Lawrence
Defiant urgency
Kisses in the Train
D. H. Lawrence
Sensual reverie
Know Thyself, and That Thou Art Mortal
D. H. Lawrence
Reflective despair
Lightning
D. H. Lawrence
Turbulent intimacy
Loneliness
D. H. Lawrence
Contemplative serenity
Love
Humbert Wolfe
Melancholic reflection
Love Storm
D. H. Lawrence
Turbulent beauty
Matter
Louis Untermeyer
Reflective sorrow
Michael-Angelo
D. H. Lawrence
Divine admiration
Money-Madness
D. H. Lawrence
Anxious reflection
Morning Work
D. H. Lawrence
Joyful labor
Noise of Battle
D. H. Lawrence
Turbulent despair
Noli Me Tangere
D. H. Lawrence
Introspective isolation
Nonsense Rhyme
Elinor Wylie
Playful introspection
Nostalgia
D. H. Lawrence
Haunting nostalgia
Now Let No Charitable Hope
Elinor Wylie
Resilient introspection
Peace
D. H. Lawrence
Intense turmoil
Plotinus
Ezra Pound
Existential solitude
Pomegranate
D. H. Lawrence
Bittersweet reflection
Poverty
D. H. Lawrence
Resigned aspiration
Reminder
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic longing
Renascence
D. H. Lawrence
Tender reflection
Repulsed
D. H. Lawrence
Despairing isolation
Return
D. H. Lawrence
Tense longing
Roses on the Breakfast Table
D. H. Lawrence
Tender reflection
Searchlight
F. S. Flint
Quiet contemplation
Self-Pity
D. H. Lawrence
Reflective resignation
Seven Seals
D. H. Lawrence
Intense longing
Sickness
D. H. Lawrence
Haunting apprehension
Silence
D. H. Lawrence
Haunting melancholy
Snake
D. H. Lawrence
Melancholic reflection
Song of a Man Who Is Loved
D. H. Lawrence
Tender longing
Song of a Man Who Is Not Loved
D. H. Lawrence
Existential despair
Southern Light
D. H. Lawrence
Haunting introspection
Submergence
D. H. Lawrence
Bittersweet reflection
The Appeal
D. H. Lawrence
Sensual longing
The Effort of Love
D. H. Lawrence
Resigned melancholy
The Enkindled Spring
D. H. Lawrence
Awe-filled introspection
The Heart's Hunger
F. S. Flint
Yearning melancholy
The Mosquito
D. H. Lawrence
Frustrated fascination
The Risen Lord
D. H. Lawrence
Transcendent exploration
The Song
Humbert Wolfe
Spiritual defiance
The Spell
Gerald Gould
Tender longing
The Swan
F. S. Flint
Melancholic beauty
Underneath
D. H. Lawrence
Spiritual contemplation
Velvet Shoes
Elinor Wylie
Serene contemplation
Wages
D. H. Lawrence
Ironic despair
Wander-Thirst
Gerald Gould
Wistful exploration
Wedding Morn
D. H. Lawrence
Tender anticipation
Work
D. H. Lawrence
Reflective vitality
Attack
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting dread
Banishment
Siegfried Sassoon
Profound sorrow
Batallion Relief
Siegfried Sassoon
Somber reflection
Blue Symphony I
John Gould Fletcher
Melancholic reflection
Died of Wounds
Siegfried Sassoon
Tragic resignation
Does it Matter?
Siegfried Sassoon
Ironic resignation
Dreamers
Siegfried Sassoon
Somber reflection
Garden
Hilda Doolittle
Intense yearning
Glory of Women
Siegfried Sassoon
Bitter reflection
Her Dark Eyes Sparkle
Charles Williams
Contrasting reflection
I Stood with the Dead
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting sorrow
In the grey skirts of the fog
John Gould Fletcher
Melancholic reverie
Lamentations
Siegfried Sassoon
Profound sorrow
Loss
Hilda Doolittle
Melancholic reflection
Memorial Tablet
Siegfried Sassoon
Bitter reflection
Orchard
Hilda Doolittle
Bittersweet reverence
Oread
Hilda Doolittle
Nature's Embrace
Reunion
Charles Williams
Nostalgic warmth
Song-Books of the War
Siegfried Sassoon
Bittersweet reflection
Spectres
Emanuel Morgan
Ethereal nostalgia
Storm
Hilda Doolittle
Chaotic beauty
Survivors
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting reflection
The Assumption
Charles Williams
Nurturing reverence
The Cottage
Clifford Bax
Serene contemplation
The Dug-Out
Siegfried Sassoon
Somber reflection
The Fathers
Siegfried Sassoon
Bittersweet irony
The General
Siegfried Sassoon
Bitter irony
The Hawthorn Tree
Siegfried Sassoon
Bittersweet longing
The Helmsman
Hilda Doolittle
Enchanted longing
The One-Legged Man
Siegfried Sassoon
Bittersweet acceptance
The Ponies
William Rose Benét
Nostalgic warmth
The Rear-Guard
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting despair
The Road
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting despair
The Skater of Ghost Lake
William Rose Benét
Eerie romance
They
Siegfried Sassoon
Tragic irony
They Went Forth to Battle, but They Always Fell
Shaemas O'Sheel
Tragic valor
To One Unknown
Helen Dudley
Yearning solitude
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
Spiritual reverence
Trench Duty
Siegfried Sassoon
Haunting dread
Years Are Nothing
Anne Knish
Haunting reflection
Youth
Clifford Bax
Bittersweet nostalgia
An Invitation
Francis Ledwidge
Melancholic beauty
An Unanswered Question
Leonard Bacon
Melancholic wonder
Commencement
Theodore Henry Shackelford
Hopeful aspiration
Hurt Hawks
Robinson Jeffers
Profound sorrow
I Have Wandered to a Spring
Edna Wahlert McCourt
Tender introspection
In a Cafe
Francis Ledwidge
Bittersweet celebration
In the Park
Helen Hoyt
Tender longing
Jeu d'Esprit
Francis Ledwidge
Reflective nostalgia
Mammy's Cracklin' Bread
Theodore Henry Shackelford
Nostalgic warmth
Natural Music
Robinson Jeffers
Reflective serenity
Politicians
Orrick Johns
Cynical reflection
Query—A Musician speaks
Edna Wahlert McCourt
Philosophical introspection
Stature
Helen Hoyt
Tender longing
The Cobbler of Sari Gueul
Francis Ledwidge
Reflective contentment
The Fish
Marianne Moore
Reflective melancholy
The Gardener
Francis Ledwidge
Serene contentment
The Irish in Gallipoli
Francis Ledwidge
Solemn reverence
The Mad Woman
Orrick Johns
Melancholic wonder
The Place of Echoes
Leonard Bacon
Reflective contemplation
The Sister
Francis Ledwidge
Nostalgic yearning
To a Snail
Marianne Moore
Contemplative admiration
To a Sparrow
Francis Ledwidge
Tender admiration
Animula
T. S. Eliot
Contemplative melancholy
Aunt Helen
T. S. Eliot
Ironic reflection
Bells for John Whitesides' Daughter
John Crowe Ransom
Bittersweet reflection
Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar
T. S. Eliot
Melancholic reflection
Declaration
Fenton Johnson
Compassionate embrace
Eyes That Last I Saw in Tears
T. S. Eliot
Haunting reflection
Features of Creatures
John Crowe Ransom
Reflective melancholy
Gerontion
T. S. Eliot
Melancholic reflection
Her Eyes
John Crowe Ransom
Bittersweet reflection
Here Lies a Lady
John Crowe Ransom
Bittersweet reflection
La Figlia Che Piange
T. S. Eliot
Melancholic reflection
Lines for an Old Man
T. S. Eliot
Ironic tension
Morning at the Window
T. S. Eliot
Melancholic reflection
Portuguese Sea
Fernando Pessoa
Melancholic reflection
Requiem for a Modern Croesus
Lew R. Sarett
Bittersweet reflection
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
T. S. Eliot
Melancholic introspection
Scalp-Dance
Lew R. Sarett
Violent triumph
Sweeney Among the Nightingales
T. S. Eliot
Surreal introspection
The Hippopotamus
T. S. Eliot
Ironically contemplative
The Hollow Men
T. S. Eliot
Profound despair
The Negro Soldiers
Roscoe C. Jamison
Heroic sacrifice
The Wind Sprang up at Four O'clock
T. S. Eliot
Haunting introspection
Tired
Fenton Johnson
Resigned disillusionment
Whispers of Immortality
T. S. Eliot
Existential contemplation
Chicken Blood
Hervey Allen
Dark fascination
Music I Heard
Conrad Aiken
Nostalgic sorrow
Walls
Hervey Allen
Reflective discontent
A Red Flower
Claude McKay
Sensual longing
Africa
Claude McKay
Melancholic reflection
Despair
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Profound despair
Hallowe'en in a Suburb
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Eerie reflection
If We Must Die
Claude McKay
Defiant resilience
Psycho-analyzed, I stand
Samuel Hoffenstein
Reflective irony
Tetuan
Claude McKay
Exotic reverence
Truth
Claude McKay
Spiritual yearning
When you're away, I'm restless, lonely
Samuel Hoffenstein
Bittersweet longing
A Lonely Place
Edward Shanks
Melancholic solitude
A Village
Richard Aldington
Reflective appreciation
Afternoon on a Hill
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Joyful serenity
Alms
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Wintery melancholy
Amorphous is the mind
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Turbulent introspection
An Ancient Gesture
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
And if I die
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Contemplative resignation
And must I then, indeed, Pain, live with you
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Resigned sorrow
Ashes of Life
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound sorrow
Blight
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sorrowful reflection
Bluebeard
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting resignation
Bombardment
Richard Aldington
Haunting resilience
Burial
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dark contemplation
City Trees
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Clearly my ruined garden as it stood
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Continuity
Edward Shanks
Reflective serenity
Daphne
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Playful defiance
Death
Maxwell Bodenheim
Melancholic acceptance
Dirge
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound sorrow
Doubt no more that Oberon
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic hope
E. T.
Richard Aldington
Somber reflection
Ebb
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sorrowful reflection
Elegy
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound sorrow
Elegy before Death
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Figure
Maxwell Bodenheim
Reflective melancholy
For warmth alone, for shelter only
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet longing
Hearing your words
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet reflection
Heart, have no pity on this house of bone
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Joyful defiance
Here in a rocky cup
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet contemplation
How innocent we lie
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet defiance
Humoresque
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet reflection
I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ethereal longing
I know my mind
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Defiant longing
I said, seeing how the winter gale increased
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet longing
I, Being born a Woman and Distressed
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Conflicted desire
If I die solvent
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Contemplative acceptance
If it should rain
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Contemplative resignation
Inland
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Yearning for the sea
It is the fashion now
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cynical reflection
Jesus to His Deciples
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Spiritual resolve
Kin to Sorrow
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic acceptance
Lament
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet acceptance
Love is not all
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Low-Tide
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Most wicked words
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tense urgency
My words that once were virtuous
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Nay, learned doctor
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Yearning melancholy
Not in a silver casket cool with pearls
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tender openness
Not, to me, less lavish
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dreamy contemplation
Now by the path I climbed, I journey back
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective sorrow
Now by this moon
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Intense longing
O Ailing Love
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic resignation
Oh, sleep forever in the Latmian cave
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ethereal melancholy
Once upon a time I sat
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tender reflection
Pastoral
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nostalgic tranquility
Portrait by a Neighbour
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Playful nostalgia
Ragged Island
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tranquil reflection
Read history
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective resilience
Read history: so learn your place in Time
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ironic reflection
Recuerdo
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nostalgic joy
Shall I be prisoner till my pulses stop
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Trapped despair
Since of no creature living the last breath
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting nostalgia
Small hands, relinquish all
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective melancholy
Some things are dark
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dark introspection
Song of a Second April
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet reflection
Sonnet in Dialectic
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective despair
Sorrow
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound melancholy
Sorrowful dreams remembered after waking
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound sorrow
Spring
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ironic contemplation
Summer, be seen no more within this wood
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Somber resignation
Sweet love, sweet thorn
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet reflection
Tavern
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nostalgic warmth
The Death of Autumn
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
The Dream
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting longing
The Fawn
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic wonder
The Gardener in Haying-Time
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
The Little Ghost
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tender nostalgia
The Parsi Woman
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic contemplation
The Philosopher
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Pensive longing
The Shroud
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Somber acceptance
The Strawberry Shrub
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nostalgic contemplation
The Too-Late Born
Archibald MacLeish
Somber reflection
The Unexplorer
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic curiosity
The courage that my mother had
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
The heart once broken is a heart no more
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet resignation
There is a well into whose bottomless eye
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting reflection
This beast that rends me
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting sorrow
Thursday
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet resignation
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied…
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Profound sorrow
Time, that is pleased to lengthen out the day
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Defiant sorrow
To a Poet that Died Young
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
Travel
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nostalgic yearning
Weeds
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet reflection
What lips my lips have kissed
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic reflection
What thing is this that, built of salt and lime
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Transcendent reflection
When it is over
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective melancholy
When we are old and these rejoicing veins
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective melancholy
When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective melancholy
When you are dead
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Haunting introspection
Whereas at morning in a jeweled crown
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Contemplative resolve
Wild Swans
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic longing
Wild-cat, gnat and I
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective tension
Witch-Wife
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Longing tenderness
Women have loved before as I love now
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reflective longing
Wraith
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Eerie introspection
Yet in an hour to come, disdainful dust
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sensual resignation
You loved me not at all
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bittersweet resignation
You say: “Since life is cruel enough at best,”
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melancholic resignation
Youth is old before his time
Archibald MacLeish
Melancholic reflection
Alone
Robert Nichols
Profound loneliness
Ask not how it came I died
Robert Nichols
Somber reflection
Carpe Diem
John Van Alstyne Weaver
Carpe Diem Celebration
Crisis
Robert Nichols
Bittersweet reflection
Inventory
Dorothy Parker
Witty resignation
Letters
John Van Alstyne Weaver
Bittersweet disillusionment
Lilith, Lilith
Herbert Gorman
Melancholic longing
Nearer
Robert Nichols
Contemplative acceptance
Perhaps
John Van Alstyne Weaver
Melancholic wonder
Résumé
Dorothy Parker
Dark irony
The Assault
Robert Nichols
Chaotic dread
The Mandrake Root
Herbert Gorman
Haunting reflection
Detail
Genevieve Taggard
Melancholic reflection
I Am an Atheist
Howard Phelps Putnam
Defiant introspection
Identity
Mark Van Doren
Contemplative solitude
Karintha
Jean Toomer
Bittersweet reflection
One Woman
Howard Phelps Putnam
Lonely yearning
Portygee Lovesong
Genevieve Taggard
Bittersweet longing
Spring Thunder
Mark Van Doren
Awakening anticipation
The Tourist
Genevieve Taggard
Sensual melancholy
Thy fingers make early flowers of all things
E. E. Cummings
Tender longing
Avis
Paul Éluard
Haunting resilience
Go, Give the World
Otto Leland Bohanan
Generous longing
The Dawn's Awake!
Otto Leland Bohanan
Joyful awakening
For True Music
George O'Neil
Haunting introspection
Madrigal
George O'Neil
Haunting introspection
The White Rooster
George O'Neil
Fiery aspiration
American Names
Stephen Vincent Benét
Nostalgic yearning
End is in beginning
William Soutar
Reflective acceptance
Reverie
William Soutar
Transcendent reflection
Romance sonámbulo
Federico García Lorca
Haunting nostalgia
Sunny Shower
William Soutar
Joyful tranquility
The Arch
William Soutar
Reflective melancholy
The Innovator
Stephen Vincent Benét
Tragic irony
The Mood
William Soutar
Reflective solitude
A Name for All
Hart Crane
Reflective yearning
A Persuasion
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
A Postscript
Hart Crane
Bittersweet reflection
Advice to a Son
Ernest Hemingway
Cynical resignation
After Jonah
Hart Crane
Haunting introspection
All armies are the same
Ernest Hemingway
Somber reflection
Black Tambourine
Hart Crane
Haunting reflection
Chaplinesque
Hart Crane
Bittersweet reflection
Chapter Heading
Ernest Hemingway
Reflective tension
D'Annunzio
Ernest Hemingway
Bitter outrage
Echoes
Hart Crane
Bittersweet nostalgia
Ere Elfish Night Shall Sift Another Day
Hart Crane
Spiritual longing
Garden Abstract
Hart Crane
Ethereal longing
Imperator Victus
Hart Crane
Sombre reflection
In Shadow
Hart Crane
Ethereal melancholy
Interior
Hart Crane
Tender introspection
Island Quarry
Hart Crane
Reflective melancholy
Key West
Hart Crane
Contemplative melancholy
Lachrymae Christi
Hart Crane
Spiritual reflection
Legend
Hart Crane
Reflective yearning
Meditation
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
Medusa
Hart Crane
Chaotic despair
Moment Fugue
Hart Crane
Bittersweet reflection
Montparnasse
Ernest Hemingway
Somber reflection
October-November
Hart Crane
Ethereal exuberance
Oily Weather
Ernest Hemingway
Sensual reverence
Old Song
Hart Crane
Melancholic longing
Pastorale
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
Possessions
Hart Crane
Introspective yearning
Postscript
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
Praise for an Urn
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
Recitative
Hart Crane
Reflective complexity
Repose of Rivers
Hart Crane
Nostalgic reflection
Royal Palm
Hart Crane
Transcendent reverence
Stark Major
Hart Crane
Melancholic reflection
The Air Plant
Hart Crane
Ethereal tension
The Bathers
Hart Crane
Ethereal contemplation
The Battle of Copenhagen
Ernest Hemingway
Ironically chaotic
The Fernery
Hart Crane
Bittersweet introspection
The Hive
Hart Crane
Bittersweet reflection
The Mango Tree
Hart Crane
Whimsical nostalgia
The Mermen
Hart Crane
Haunting reflection
The Moth That God Made Blind
Hart Crane
Bittersweet introspection
The Poem Is by Maera
Ernest Hemingway
Rhythmic determination
Time cannot be worn
Hart Crane
Philosophical contemplation
To Shakespeare
Hart Crane
Reflective intensity
To the Cloud Juggler
Hart Crane
Ethereal longing
—And Bees of Paradise
Hart Crane
Spiritual wonder
High Flight
John Gillespie Magee Jr.
Exultant freedom
Dirge
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Melancholic reflection
Evil
Langston Hughes
Frustrated defiance
Harlem Night Song
Langston Hughes
Joyful intimacy
Hatred
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Intense conflict
Litany
Langston Hughes
Compassionate urgency
Minstrel Man
Langston Hughes
Joyful sorrow
Mother to Son
Langston Hughes
Resilient struggle
Secret
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Tender longing
Sun Song
Langston Hughes
Hopeful resilience
The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes
Melancholic reflection
A Happy Vicar I Might Have Been
George Orwell
Bittersweet reflection
Any Human to Another
Countee Cullen
Shared sorrow
Tableau
Countee Cullen
Defiant unity
To John Keats, Poet at Spring Time
Countee Cullen
Reflective beauty
Yet Do I Marvel
Countee Cullen
Contemplative awe
Prayer Before Birth
Louis MacNeice
Anxious plea
A Letter to My Aunt
Dylan Thomas
Playful irony
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London
Dylan Thomas
Profound sorrow and defiance
A process in the weather of the heart
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic introspection
And death shall have no dominion
Dylan Thomas
Defiant transcendence
Because the pleasure-bird whistles
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
Before I knocked
Dylan Thomas
Existential reflection
Before we mothernaked fall
Dylan Thomas
Existential contemplation
Being but men
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic wonder
Cabaret
Dylan Thomas
Sensual longing
Children of darkness got no wings
Dylan Thomas
Somber resignation
Conceive these images in air
Dylan Thomas
Introspective creation
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas
Defiant melancholy
Do you not father me
Dylan Thomas
Existential reflection
Ears in the turrets hear
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
Especially when the October wind
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Fern Hill
Dylan Thomas
Nostalgic reflection
Find meat on bones
Dylan Thomas
Defiant introspection
From love’s first fever to her plague
Dylan Thomas
Transcendent reflection
Here in this spring
Dylan Thomas
Reflective melancholy
Here lie the beasts
Dylan Thomas
Dark introspection
High on a hill
Dylan Thomas
Introspective turmoil
Hold hard, these ancient minutes in the cuckoo’s month
Dylan Thomas
Haunting nostalgia
I dreamed my genesis
Dylan Thomas
Existential struggle
I fellowed sleep
Dylan Thomas
Ethereal introspection
I see the boys of summer
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
If I were tickled by the rub of love
Dylan Thomas
Sensual introspection
In the beginning
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual wonder
It is the sinners’ dust-tongued bell
Dylan Thomas
Haunting reflection
Let for one moment a faith statement
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual contemplation
Let it be known
Dylan Thomas
Somber reflection
Lift up your face
Dylan Thomas
Hopeful resilience
Light breaks where no sun shines
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual illumination
Light, I know, treads the ten million stars
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
Love in the Asylum
Dylan Thomas
Haunting tenderness
Love me
Dylan Thomas
Intense yearning
My World Is Pyramid
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
Nearly summer
Dylan Thomas
Darkly reflective
No man believes
Dylan Thomas
Existential contemplation
Not forever shall the Lord of the red hail
Dylan Thomas
Intense foreboding
Not from this anger
Dylan Thomas
Tense yearning
O Chatterton
Dylan Thomas
Chaotic introspection
O make me a mask
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
Out of a war of wits
Dylan Thomas
Reflective resilience
Out of the Pit
Dylan Thomas
Chaotic introspection
Out of the sighs
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
Paper and sticks
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet nostalgia
Poem on His Birthday
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Poet: 1935
Dylan Thomas
Lonely reflection
Praise to the architects
Dylan Thomas
Playful irony
Rain cuts the place we tread
Dylan Thomas
Whimsical exploration
See, says the lime
Dylan Thomas
Intense reflection
Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
Dylan Thomas
Contemplative inquiry
Should lanterns shine
Dylan Thomas
Contemplative melancholy
Since, on a quiet night
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright
Dylan Thomas
Pained introspection
The Molls
Dylan Thomas
Darkly ironic
The Woman Speaks
Dylan Thomas
Grief-stricken reflection
The air you breathe
Dylan Thomas
Sensual longing
The almanac of time
Dylan Thomas
Reflective melancholy
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Dylan Thomas
Existential reflection
The midnight road
Dylan Thomas
Haunting introspection
The morning, space for Leda
Dylan Thomas
Ethereal longing
The neophyte, baptized in smiles
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet introspection
The spire cranes
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual yearning
The sun burns the morning
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual reflection
The tombstone told when she died
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Their faces shone under some radiance
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
Then was my neophyte
Dylan Thomas
Existential reflection
There’s plenty in the world that doth not die
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
They are the only dead who did not love
Dylan Thomas
Reflective melancholy
This bread I break
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual reflection
Time enough to rot
Dylan Thomas
Dark introspection
To Others Than You
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
To follow the fox
Dylan Thomas
Reflective unease
Today, this insect
Dylan Thomas
Existential reflection
Too long, skeleton
Dylan Thomas
Haunting reflection
Twelve
Dylan Thomas
Haunting despair
Upon your held-out hand
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic reflection
Walking in gardens
Dylan Thomas
Reflective disillusionment
We have the fairy tales by heart
Dylan Thomas
Reflective defiance
We lying by seasand
Dylan Thomas
Bittersweet reflection
We see rise the secret wind
Dylan Thomas
Spiritual wonder
We who are young are old
Dylan Thomas
Somber reflection
When I woke
Dylan Thomas
Surreal introspection
When once the twilight locks no longer
Dylan Thomas
Existential contemplation
When you have ground such beauty down to dust
Dylan Thomas
Philosophical introspection
When, like a running grave
Dylan Thomas
Existential dread
Why east wind chills
Dylan Thomas
Melancholic wonder
With windmills turning wrong directions
Dylan Thomas
Conflicted introspection
Written for a Personal Epitaph
Dylan Thomas
Somber reflection
You are the ruler of this realm of flesh
Dylan Thomas
Haunting despair
Your pain shall be a music
Dylan Thomas
Tender sorrow
Youth Calls to Age
Dylan Thomas
Reflective nostalgia