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Famous Bergamot Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Benet, Stephen Vincent
...and isn't very rich. . . . 

There, eat it all or I'll 
Be angry! You feel giddy? Well, it's hot! 
This bergamot 
Take home and smell -- it purges blood of bile! 
And when you kiss Bianca's dimpled knee, 
Think of the poor Pope in his misery! 

Now you may kiss my ring! 
Ho there, the Cardinal's litter! -- You must dine 
When the new wine 
Is in, again with me -- hear Bice sing, 
Even admire my frescoes -- though they're nought 
Beside the calm Greek glories y...Read More



by Marvell, Andrew
...man is due, 
Who, from his private gardens, where 
He lived reserved and austere, 
As if his highest plot 
To plant the bergamot, 
Could by industrious valour climb 
To ruin the great work of time, 
And cast the Kingdom old 
Into another mould. 
Though Justice against Fate complain, 
And plead the ancient Rights in vain: 
But those do hold or break 
As men are strong or weak. 
Nature, that hateth emptiness, 
Allows of penetration less; 
And therefore must make room 
W...Read More

by Marvell, Andrew
...man is due, 
Who from his private gardens, where 
He lived reserv?d and austere, 
As if his highest plot 
To plant the bergamot, 
Could by industrious valour climb 
To ruin the great work of time, 
And cast the kingdoms old 
Into another mould. 
Though justice against fate complain, 
And plead the ancient rights in vain: 
But those do hold or break 
As men are strong or weak. 
Nature, that hateth emptiness, 
Allows of penetration less: 
And therefore must make room 
...Read More

by St Vincent Millay, Edna
...For the sake of some things
That be now no more
I will strew rushes
On my chamber-floor,
I will plant bergamot
At my kitchen-door.

For the sake of dim things
That were once so plain
I will set a barrel
Out to catch the rain,
I will hang an iron pot
On an iron crane.

Many things be dead and gone
That were brave and gay;
For the sake of these things
I will learn to say,
"An it please you, gentle sirs,"
"Alack!" and "Well-a-day!"...Read More

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