Famous Beseeming Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Prothalamion

by Edmund Spenser
CALM was the day, and through the trembling air 
Sweet-breathing Zephyrus did softly play¡ª 
A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay 
Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair; 
When I, (whom sullen care, 5 
Through discontent of my long fruitless stay 
In princes' court, and expectation vain 
Of idle hopes, which still do fly away 
Like empty shadows, did...Read more of this...

The Greek Boy

by Victor Hugo
 ("Les Turcs ont passés là.") 
 
 {XVIII., June 10, 1828.} 


 All is a ruin where rage knew no bounds: 
 Chio is levelled, and loathed by the hounds, 
 For shivered yest'reen was her lance; 
 Sulphurous vapors envenom the place 
 Where her true beauties of Beauty's true race 
 Were lately linked close in the...Read more of this...

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