Famous Acknowledgment Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Acknowledgment poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous acknowledgment poems. These examples illustrate what a famous acknowledgment poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Acknowledgment

...I.

O Age that half believ'st thou half believ'st,
Half doubt'st the substance of thine own half doubt,
And, half perceiving that thou half perceiv'st,
Stand'st at thy temple door, heart in, head out!
Lo! while thy heart's within, helping the choir,
Without, thine eyes range up and down the time,
Blinking at o'er-bright science, smit with desire
To see and...Read more of this...
by Lanier, Sidney


Epistle to Mrs. Tyler

...ith thankful tongue and bowing attitude, 
I here present you with my gratitude: 
Next for you apples, pears, and plums 
Acknowledgment in order comes; 
For wine, for ale, for fowl, for fish--for 
Ev'n all one's appetite can wish for: 
But O ye pens and O ye pencils, 
And all ye scribbling utensils, 
Say in what words and in what meter, 
Shall unfeign'd admiration greet her, 
For that rich banquet so refin'd 
Her conversation gave the mind; 
The solid meal of sense and worth, ...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher

I dreaded that first Robin so

...ference to me --
The Queen of Calvary --

Each one salutes me, as he goes,
And I, my childish Plumes,
Lift, in bereaved acknowledgment
Of their unthinking Drums --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

This is the holy hour when the lamp is lit

...r wholly, shining and bursting forth; and I kiss her on the eyes.
This is the holy hour when the lamp is lit, when the acknowledgment of mutual love the whole day long is brought forth from the depths of our deep but transparent heart.
And we each tell the other of the simplest things: the fruit gathered in the garden, the flower that has opened between the green mosses; and the thought that has sprung from some sudden emotion at the memory of a faded word of affection foun...Read more of this...
by Verhaeren, Emile

Waring

..., could I have him back once more,
This Waring, but one half-day more!
Back, with the quiet face of yore,
So hungry for acknowledgment
Like mine! I'd fool him to his bent!
Feed, should not he, to heart's content?
I'd say, "to only have conceived
Your great works, though they ne'er make progress,
Surpasses all we've yet achieved!"
I'd lie so, I should be believed.
I'd make such havoc of the claims
Of the day's distinguished names
To feast him with, as feasts an ogress
Her shar...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert


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