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Famous Bails Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lawson, Henry
...the fading dome, 
For there was one that I loved best 
Who'd bring the cattle home. 

Our yard is fixed with double bails, 
Round one the grass is green, 
The bush is growing through the rails, 
The spike is rusted in; 
And 'twas from there his freckled face 
Would turn and smile at me -- 
He'd milk a dozen in the race 
While I was milking three. 

I milk eleven cows myself 
Where once I milked but four; 
I set the dishes on the shelf 
And close the dairy door; 
And w...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...him. 

Then some feminine beauty 
Will come and salute ye, 
She may be a Miss or a Madam, 
Or a man comes in view, 
Bails you up, "How de do!" 
And you don't know the fellow from Adam! 

But you've got to keep sweet 
With each man that you meet, 
And a trifle like this mustn't bar you, 
So you clutch at his fin, 
And you say, with a grin, 
"Oh, delighted to see you -- how are you?" 

Then we do country shows 
Where some prize-taker blows 
Of his pig -- a great, vast forty...Read more of this...

by Murray, Les
...d 
since the world's beginning. The Georgic furrow lengthens 

in ever more intimate country. But we're talking bails,
stray cattle, brands. In the village of Merchandise Creek
there's a post in a ruined blacksmith shop that bears
a charred-in black-letter script of iron characters, 

hooks, bars, conjoined letters, a weird bush syllabary. 
It is the language of property seared into skin
but descends beyond speech into the muscles of cattle, 
the world of feed...Read more of this...

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