Poem A Day

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Love

Romantic, devotional, familial, grieving, and impossible love across the public-domain archive.

2,320 public poems
9 poets represented

Poem A Day

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Love poem paths

A first shelf of love poems before the full index.

Essential love poems

Begin with direct love poems and familiar authors.

  1. 115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

  2. 117. Song—Farewell to Eliza by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

  3. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

Love and grief

Parting, elegy, loss, and love under pressure.

  1. 209. Song—M’Pherson’s Farewell by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

  2. 234. A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

  3. 494. Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

Devotion and faith

Sacred, loyal, and devotional expressions of love.

  1. 383. Song—My Wife’s a winsome wee thing by Robert Burns

    love, beauty, faith

  2. 'Twas a long Parting -- but the time by Emily Dickinson

    nature, love, death

  3. "All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher" by George Gordon, Lord Byron

    nature, love, death

Beauty and longing

Beauty, desire, memory, and impossible distance.

  1. 395. Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday by Robert Burns

    nature, love, beauty

  2. 73. Song—Farewell to Ballochmyle by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

  3. "Arcturus" is his other name by Emily Dickinson

    nature, love, death

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More love poems

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

  1. "All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher" by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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    nature, love, death
  2. "Arcturus" is his other name by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  3. "By the Waters of Babylon." by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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    nature, love, death
  4. "De Gustibus--" by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
  5. "Faithful to the end" Amended by Emily Dickinson

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    love, death, beauty
  6. "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  7. "The Lass With The Delicate Air" by John Clare

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    nature, love, war
  8. 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, beauty
  9. 'Twas a long Parting -- but the time by Emily Dickinson

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

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    nature, love, death
  11. 117. Song—Farewell to Eliza by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  12. 123. Lines to an Old Sweetheart by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, war
  13. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  14. 130. Nature’s Law: A Poem by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
  20. 166. Epitaph for William Nicol, High School, Edinburgh by Robert Burns

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    nature, love
  21. 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  22. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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

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    nature, love, death
  24. 19. A Prayer in the Prospect of Death by Robert Burns

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    love, hope, solitude
  25. 1914 I: Peace by Rupert Brooke

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    love, death, grief
  26. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

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    nature, love, death
  27. 193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
  28. 195. Song—A Rose-bud by my Early Walk by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  29. 203. Sylvander to Clarinda by Robert Burns

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

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    love, grief, identity
  31. 209. Song—M’Pherson’s Farewell by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  32. 220. Song—The Winter it is Past by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
  33. 234. A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  34. 247. Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of Auchencruive by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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    nature, love, death
  38. 264. Song—On a Bank of Flowers by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  39. 273. Song—Tam Glen by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  41. 285. Song—I Gaed a Waefu’ Gate Yestreen by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  42. 29. Song—The Rigs o’ Barley by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  43. 292. Song—Farewell to the Highlands by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
  44. 293. The Whistle: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  45. 294. Song—To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  46. 296. The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad by Robert Burns

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

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

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

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

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    nature, love, grief
  51. 324. Song—The Charms of Lovely Davies by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  52. 352. The Song of Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  53. 38. Epitaph on my Ever Honoured Father by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, grief
  54. 383. Song—My Wife’s a winsome wee thing by Robert Burns

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    love, beauty, faith
  55. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  57. 394. Song—Braw Lads o’ Gala Water by Robert Burns

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    love, death, war
  58. 395. Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  59. 398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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

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

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    nature, love, beauty
  62. 421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  64. 447. Song—A red, red Rose by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  65. 449. Song—The Flowery banks of Cree by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  66. 45. My Girl she’s Airy: A Fragment by Robert Burns

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    love, beauty, choice
  67. 488. Song—The Winter of Life by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  69. 519. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  71. 540. Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  72. 548. The Dean of Faculty: A new Ballad by Robert Burns

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    love, death, beauty
  73. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death
  75. 59. Death and Dr. Hornbook by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  76. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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

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    nature, love, grief
  78. 73. Song—Farewell to Ballochmyle by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  79. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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

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    nature, love, death