Famous Alchemists Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Alchemists poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous alchemists poems. These examples illustrate what a famous alchemists poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Ben Jonson
VI. ? TO ALCHEMISTS. If all you boast of your great art be true ; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you. Adriaen Jansz van Ostade. Alchemist. 1661. [detail]
Adriaen Jansz van Ostade. Alchemist. 1661. [detail]...Read more of this...
by
Charles Simic
I say to the lead
Why did you let yourself
Be cast into a bullet?
Have you forgotten the alchemists?
Have you given up hope
In turning into gold?
Nobody answers.
Lead. Bullet. With names
Such as these
The sleep is deep and long....Read more of this...
by
Vachel Lindsay
Thou wilt not sentence to eternal life
My soul that prays that it may sleep and sleep
Like a white statue dropped into the deep,
Covered with sand, covered with chests of gold,
And slave-bones, tossed from many a pirate hold.
But for this prayer thou wilt not bind in Hell
My soul, that shook with love for Fame and Truth—
In Such unquenched desires consumed...Read more of this...
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