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Elegies

A poem of mourning for a person, a time or a way of life, often moving from grief to consolation.

Walt WhitmanWhitman A. E. HousmanHousman Percy Bysshe ShelleyShelley Laurence BinyonBinyon Alfred TennysonTennyson
7 poems
Adonais (Selected Excerpts)I weep for Adonais—he is dead! Percy Bysshe Shelley Elegy For the FallenWith proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, Laurence Binyon Elegy In Memoriam A.H.H. (Selected Excerpts)Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Alfred Tennyson Elegy O Captain! My Captain!O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, Walt Whitman Elegy To an Athlete Dying YoungThe time you won your town the race A. E. Housman Elegy When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d (Selected Excerpts)When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, Walt Whitman Elegy With Rue My Heart Is LadenWith rue my heart is laden A. E. Housman Elegy