Here is a collection of poems reflecting, in one way or the other, on the general meaning of life. These are poems about life, its meaning or a lack thereof. These works span the entire breadth of recorded literary history and represent most stylistic movements and major languages (even though all poems and articles in this section are in English or they were translated into English).
- A Lyric to Mirth by Robert Herrick
- A HYMN TO VENUS AND CUPID by Robert Herrick
- A Hymn to Love by Robert Herrick
- A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis by Robert Herrick
- A Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis by Robert Herrick
- The Voice of Robert Desnos by Robert Desnos
- Sleep Spaces by Robert Desnos
- Long Long Ago by Robert Desnos
- If You Only Knew by Robert Desnos
- Bishop Blougram’s Apology by Robert Browning
- Any Wife To Any Husband by Robert Browning
- An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Kar by Robert Browning
- Aix In Provence by Robert Browning
- A Toccata Of Galuppi’s by Robert Browning
- A Pretty Woman by Robert Browning
- Song—O can ye Labour Lea? by Robert Burns
- Song—O can ye Labour Lea? by Robert Burns
- Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo by Robert Burns
- Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson by Robert Burns
- Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 by Robert Burns
- Dialogue Song—Philly and Willy by Robert Burns
- Delia: An Ode by Robert Burns
- Coming Through The Rye by Robert Burns
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns
- A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-Begotten Daughter by Robert Burns
- Hey, the Dusty Miller (Song) by Robert Burns
- The Song of the Cities by Rudyard Kipling
- The Queen’s Men by Rudyard Kipling
- The Last Rhyme of True Thomas by Rudyard Kipling
- The Gipsy Trail by Rudyard Kipling
- The Galley-Slave by Rudyard Kipling
- The English Flag by Rudyard Kipling
- The Derelict by Rudyard Kipling
- The Deep-Sea Cables by Rudyard Kipling
- The Declaration of London by Rudyard Kipling
- Route Marchin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- Rimini by Rudyard Kipling
- Oonts by Rudyard Kipling
- Mowgli’s Song Against People by Rudyard Kipling
- Mowgli’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- Mary, Pity Women! by Rudyard Kipling
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
- Lichtenberg by Rudyard Kipling
- L’Envoi by Rudyard Kipling
- In the Matter of One Compass by Rudyard Kipling
- England’s Answer by Rudyard Kipling
- Cuckoo Song by Rudyard Kipling
- As the Bell Clinks by Rudyard Kipling
- A General Summary by Rudyard Kipling