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Famous Assaulting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lawrence, D. H.
...ng of darkness
Which vibrates untouched and virile through the grandeur of night,
But which, when dawn crows challenge, assaulting the vivid motes
Of living darkness, bursts fretfully, and is bright: 

Runs like a fretted arc-lamp into light, 
Stirred by conflict to shining, which else
Were dark and whole with the night. 

Runs to a fret of speed like a racing wheel, 
Which else were aslumber along with the whole 
Of the dark, swinging rhythmic instead of a-reel. 

Is...Read more of this...



by Seeger, Alan
...d, 
If they acclaim you as their kin 
Or spurn you from their board. 

So, when the order comes: "Attack!" 
And the assaulting wave deploys, 
And the heart trembles to look back 
On life and all its joys; 

Or in a ditch that they seem near 
To find, and round your shallow trough 
Drop the big shells that you can hear 
Coming a half mile off; 

When, not to hear, some try to talk, 
And some to clean their guns, or sing, 
And some dig deeper in the chalk -- - 
I look upon ...Read more of this...

by Milton, John
...and arms the ensanguined field, 
Deserted: Others to a city strong 
Lay siege, encamped; by battery, scale, and mine, 
Assaulting; others from the wall defend 
With dart and javelin, stones, and sulphurous fire; 
On each hand slaughter, and gigantick deeds. 
In other part the sceptered heralds call 
To council, in the city-gates; anon 
Gray-headed men and grave, with warriours mixed, 
Assemble, and harangues are heard; but soon, 
In factious opposition; till at last, 
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by Watts, Isaac
...Melancholy assaulting, and hope prevailing.

To God I cried with mournful voice,
I sought his gracious ear,
In the sad day when troubles rose,
And filled the night with fear.

Sad were my days, and dark my nights,
My soul refused relief;
I thought on God the just and wise,
But thoughts increased my grief.

Still I complained, and still oppressed,
My heart b...Read more of this...

by Hopkins, Gerard Manley
...r glassy barrel, of a fairy green.
. . . . . . . . 
Or a jaunting vaunting vaulting assaulting trumpet telling...Read more of this...



by Dickinson, Emily
...
What edifices azure
For butterflies and me --
What residences nimble
Arise and evanesce
Without a rhythmic rumor
Or an assaulting guess....Read more of this...

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