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Famous Ash Wednesday Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns) 
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Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things
(Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?)
Why should I mourn
The vanished power of the usual reign?

Because I do not hope to know
The infirm glory of the positive hou...Read more of this...

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