Famous Baled Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Song of the Exposition

...ge their shape, as if by magic; 
The cotton shall be pick’d almost in the very field, 
Shall be dried, clean’d, ginn’d, baled, spun into thread and cloth, before you: 
You shall see hands at work at all the old processes, and all the new ones;
You shall see the various grains, and how flour is made, and then bread baked by the
 bakers; 
You shall see the crude ores of California and Nevada passing on and on till they become
 bullion; 
You shall watch how the printer sets type...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


The Kessack Ferry-Boat Fatality

...le the Storm Fiend did angry roar,
And the white-crested billows did lash the shore. 

And the water poured in, but was baled out quickly,
And the men's clothes were wet, and they felt sickly,
Because they saw no help in the distance,
Until at last they blew the fog-horn for assistance. 

And quickly in response to their cry of distress,
Four members of the coastguard, in coastguard dreys,
Whose station overlooked the scene, put off in a small boat,
And with a desperate strug...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

Wreck of the Schooner Samuel Crawford

...l they wrought while their hearts were like to break. 

Then the wind it sprang up in terrific fury again,
But the crew baled out the water with might and main;
But still the water fast on them did gain,
Yet the brave heroes disdained to complain. 

On the morning of December the 4th she was scudding before a hurricane,
And the crew were exhausted, but managed the poop to gain;
And the vessel was tossed like a cork on the wave,
While the brave crew expected to meet with a wat...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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