Grief

Collection index

More grief poems

A first shelf from the grief collection. Open any title to read the poem page.

1. "By the Waters of Babylon." by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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   nature, love, death
2. 101. Song—Composed in Spring by Robert Burns

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   nature, death, hope
3. 115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
4. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
5. 136. Prayer—O Thou Dread Power by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
6. 137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
7. 144. A Winter Night by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
8. 15. Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
9. 155. Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
10. 16. A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent Anguish by Robert Burns

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    death, solitude, grief
11. 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
12. 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
13. 1914 I: Peace by Rupert Brooke

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    love, death, grief
14. 201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
15. 203. Sylvander to Clarinda by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
16. 204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship by Robert Burns

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    love, grief, identity
17. 220. Song—The Winter it is Past by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
18. 226. Song—I hae a Wife o’ my Ain by Robert Burns

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    grief, faith, war
19. 234. A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
20. 25. My Father was a Farmer: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
21. 254. Caledonia: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
22. 26. John Barleycorn: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
23. 280. The Kirk of Scotland’s Alarm: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
24. 293. The Whistle: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
25. 306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
26. 310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
27. 311. On the Birth of a Posthumous Child by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
28. 314. Song—There’ll never be Peace till Jamie comes hame by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, grief
29. 38. Epitaph on my Ever Honoured Father by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, grief
30. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
31. 39. Ballad on the American War by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
32. 403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
33. 419. Bonie Jean: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
34. 437. Song—Thine am I, my faithful Fair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
35. 466. Ode for General Washington’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
36. 488. Song—The Winter of Life by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, grief
37. 494. Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
38. 511. Song—O aye my wife she dang me by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, solitude
39. 538. Song—Now Spring has clad the grove in green by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
40. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
41. 57. Holy Willie’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
42. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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    love, death, solitude
43. 7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, grief
44. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
45. 79. Adam Armour’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
46. 83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
47. 87. The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
48. 88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
49. 91. The Vision by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
50. 92. Suppressed Stanzas of “The Vision” by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
51. 93. The Rantin Dog, the Daddie o’t by Robert Burns

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    love, death, grief
52. A Baby's Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
53. A Ballad of Burdens by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
54. A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
55. A Better Ressurection by Christina Rossetti

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    nature, love, death
56. A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier

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    nature, love, death
57. A Boston Ballad, 1854. by Walt Whitman

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    nature, love, death
58. A Bridal Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, beauty, hope
59. A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
60. A Calendar of Sonnets: November by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, death
61. A Child Asleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, death
62. A DREAM by William Blake

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    nature, love, beauty
63. A Day Dream by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, death
64. A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, death
65. A Dirge by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, grief
66. A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

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    nature, love, hope
67. A Face by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
68. A Farewell by Amy Levy

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    nature, love, death
69. A Farewell by Coventry Patmore

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    nature, love, hope
70. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    nature, love, death
71. A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh

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    nature, love, death
72. A Farewell to the World by Ben Jonson

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    nature, hope, solitude
73. A Fragment by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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    nature, love, death
74. A Fragment: To Music by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, death, grief
75. A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley

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    nature, love, death
76. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
77. A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
78. A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
79. A Hymn for Christmas Day by Thomas Chatterton

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    nature, love, death
80. A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa by Richard Crashaw

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    nature, love, death