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Famous Antiquarian Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...sodger bred,
And ane wad rather fa’n than fled;
But now he’s quat the spurtle-blade,
 And dog-skin wallet,
And taen the—Antiquarian trade,
 I think they call it.


He has a fouth o’ auld nick-nackets:
Rusty airn caps and jinglin jackets,
Wad haud the Lothians three in tackets,
 A towmont gude;
And parritch-pats and auld saut-backets,
 Before the flood.


Of Eve’s first fire he has a cinder;
Auld Tubalcain’s fire-shool and fender;
That which distinguished the gender
 O’ Balaam...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



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