Famous Becometh Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Idea XXXVII: Dear why should you command me to my rest

by Michael Drayton
 Dear, why should you command me to my rest
When now the night doth summon all to sleep?
Methinks this time becometh lovers best;
Night was ordain'd together friends to keep.
How happy are all other living things
Which, though the day disjoin by sev'ral flight,
The quiet ev'ning yet together brings,
And each returns unto his love at night!
O thou that art so courteous else...Read more of this...

Leave Me O Love Which Reachest But To Dust

by Sir Philip Sidney
 Leave me, O love which reachest but to dust,
And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things;
Grow rich in that which never taketh rust:
Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings.
Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might
To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be,
Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light
That doth both shine and give us sight to...Read more of this...

Her Reply

by Sir Walter Raleigh
 IF all the world and love were young, 
And truth in every shepherd's tongue, 
These pretty pleasures might me move 
To live with thee and be thy Love. 

But Time drives flocks from field to fold; 
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; 
And Philomel becometh dumb; 
The rest complains of cares to come. 

The flowers do fade, and...Read more of this...

The Metamorphosis Of Plants

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 THOU art confused, my beloved, at, seeing the thousandfold 
union

Shown in this flowery troop, over the garden dispers'd;
any a name dost thou hear assign'd; one after another

Falls on thy list'ning ear, with a barbarian sound.
None resembleth another, yet all their forms have a likeness;

Therefore, a mystical law is by the chorus proclaim'd;
Yes, a sacred enigma! Oh, dearest friend, could...Read more of this...

The Nymphs Reply To The Shepherd

by Sir Walter Raleigh
 If all the world and love were young, 
And truth in every shepherd's tongue, 
These pretty pleasures might me move 
To live with thee and be thy love. 

Time drives the flocks from field to fold 
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, 
And Philomel becometh dumb; 
The rest complains of cares to come. 

The flowers do fade, and...Read more of this...

I tend my flowers for thee

by Emily Dickinson
 I tend my flowers for thee --
Bright Absentee!
My Fuchsia's Coral Seams
Rip -- while the Sower -- dreams --

Geraniums -- tint -- and spot --
Low Daisies -- dot --
My Cactus -- splits her Beard
To show her throat --

Carnations -- tip their spice --
And Bees -- pick up --
A Hyacinth -- I hid --
Puts out a Ruffled Head --
And odors fall
From...Read more of this...

Sonnet XXXVII: Dear Why Should You

by Michael Drayton
 Dear, why should you command me to my rest 
When now the night doth summon all to sleep? 
Methinks this time becometh lovers best; 
Night was ordain'd, together friends to keep; 
How happy are all other living things 
Which through the day disjoin by sev'ral flight, 
The quiet ev'ning yet together brings, 
And each returns unto his love at...Read more of this...

Splendidis longum valedico Nugis

by Sir Philip Sidney
 Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, 
And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things! 
Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: 
Whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings. 
Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might 
To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be; 
Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light 
That doth...Read more of this...

Take all away from me but leave me Ecstasy

by Emily Dickinson
 Take all away from me, but leave me Ecstasy,
And I am richer then than all my Fellow Men --
Ill it becometh me to dwell so wealthily
When at my very Door are those possessing more,
In abject poverty --...Read more of this...

The nymphs reply to the shepherd

by John Bodenham
 If all the world and love were young, 
And truth in every shepherd's tongue, 
These pretty pleasures might me move 
To live with thee and be thy love. 

Time drives the flocks from field to fold 
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, 
And Philomel becometh dumb; 
The rest complains of cares to come. 

The flowers do fade, and...Read more of this...

Leave Me O Love Which Reachest But to Dust

by Sir Philip Sidney
 Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, 
And thou my mind aspire to higher things: 
Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: 
Whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings. 

Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might, 
To that sweet yoke, where lasting freedoms be: 
Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light, 
That doth...Read more of this...

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