Famous Borderland Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Borderland poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous borderland poems. These examples illustrate what a famous borderland poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...I am back from up the country -- very sorry that I went --
Seeking for the Southern poets' land whereon to pitch my tent;
I have lost a lot of idols, which were broken on the track --
Burnt a lot of fancy verses, and I'm glad that I am back.
Further out may be the pleasant scenes of which our poets boast,
But I think the country's rather more inviting...Read more of this...
by
Lawson, Henry
...Am I waking, am I sleeping?
As the first faint dawn comes creeping
Thro' the pane, I am aware
Of an unseen presence hovering,
Round, above, in the dusky air:
A downy bird, with an odorous wing,
That fans my forehead, and sheds perfume,
As sweet as love, as soft as death,
Drowsy-slow through the summer-gloom.
My heart in some dream-rapture saith,
It is she....Read more of this...
by
Levy, Amy
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So far from man I seemed, so far from Love-
'Not here, ' I cried, 'doth Pleasure find her way, '
Seen from the distant borderland of youth.
Fame smiles upon us from her sun-kissed height,
But frowns in shadows when we reach the goal.
Then were mine eyes fixed on that glittering goal,
Dear to all sense-sunk souls beneath the skies.
Gold tempts the artist from the lofty height,
Gold lures the maiden from the arms of Love,
Gold buys the fresh ingenuous heart of youth,
'A...Read more of this...
by
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
...larly as not stop fighting The army drums cut off human travel, A lone goose sounds on the borderland in autumn. Tonight we start the season of White Dew, The moon is just as bright as in my homeland. My brothers are spread all throughout the land, No home to ask if they are living or dead. The letters we send always go astray, And still the fighting does not cease....Read more of this...
by
Fu, Du
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