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Famous Bemoaned Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ed at it, 
And there were cries and clashings in the nest, 
That sent him from his senses: let me go.' 

Then Bellicent bemoaned herself and said, 
'Hast thou no pity upon my loneliness? 
Lo, where thy father Lot beside the hearth 
Lies like a log, and all but smouldered out! 
For ever since when traitor to the King 
He fought against him in the Barons' war, 
And Arthur gave him back his territory, 
His age hath slowly droopt, and now lies there 
A yet-warm corpse, and yet un...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



..."Alas! my songs have ceased to sell,"
Bemoaned a brother bard;
To me his words were like a knell,
Inexorably hard.
For well I know the day is nigh
When time will toll the bell,
And people will no longer buy
The songs I have to sell.

To barter books for bread, thought I,
I have no pressing need;
I do do not care if folks will buy,
So long as they will read.
No more, I said, I'll flash my head
Wi...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William
...vanish'd sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end....Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William
...ish'd sight: 
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, 
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er 
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, 
Which I new pay as if not paid before. 
 But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, 
 All losses are restored and sorrows end....Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William
...vanish'd sight;
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor'd, and sorrows end....Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William



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