Famous Awakenings Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Awakenings poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous awakenings poems. These examples illustrate what a famous awakenings poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...hings.
So let it be; and let it all be fair--
For you, and for the rest who cannot share
Your gold of unrevealed awakenings....Read more of this...
by
Seeger, Alan
...silk and scented down,
Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear...
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous....Read more of this...
by
Seeger, Alan
...silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear . . .
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous....Read more of this...
by
Lowell, Amy
...ord we knew
Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
The world is full of rude awakenings
And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
Yet still our human longing vainly clings
To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!...Read more of this...
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