Famous Bowler Hat Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Bank Robber

by Robert William Service
 I much admire, I must admit,
 The man who robs a Bank;
It takes a lot of guts and grit,
 For lack of which I thank
The gods: a chap 'twould make of me
 You wouldn't ask to tea.

I do not mean a burglar cove
 Who climbs into a house,
From room to room flash-lit to rove
 As quiet as a mouse;
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The Man In The Bowler Hat

by A S J Tessimond
 I am the unnoticed, the unnoticable man: 
The man who sat on your right in the morning train:
The man who looked through like a windowpane:
The man who was the colour of the carriage, the colour of the mounting
Morning pipe smoke. 
I am the man too busy with a living to live,
Too hurried and worried to see and smell and...Read more of this...

Humility

by Robert William Service
 I met upon a narrow way,
Dead weary from his toil,
A fellow warped and gnarled and grey,
Who reeked of sweat and soil.
His rags were readyful to rot,
His eyes were dreary dim;
Yet . . . yet I had the humble thought
To raise my hat to him. 

For thinks I: It's the likes of him
That makes the likes of me;
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