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Famous Bullfinch Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...e lane would come a boy the spit of myself, with a pink-tipped cigarette and the violet past of
a black eye, cocky as a bullfinch, leering all to himself.

I hated him on sight and sound, and would be about to put my dog whistle to my lips and blow him off the face
of Christmas when suddenly he, with a violet wink, put his whistle to his lips and blew so stridently, so high,
so exquisitely loud, that gobbling faces, their cheeks bulged with goose, would press against their ti...Read more of this...
by Thomas, Dylan



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Finds meat and med'cine to the soul, 
 Which for translation pants. 

 LXV 
For ADORATION, beyond match, 
The scholar bullfinch aims to catch 
 The soft flute's iv'ry touch; 
And, careless on the hazel spray, 
The daring redbreast keeps at bay 
 The damsel's greedy clutch. 

 LXVI 
For ADORATION in the skies, 
The Lord's philosopher espies 
 The Dog, the Ram, and Rose; 
The planet's ring, Orion's sword; 
Nor is his greatness less ador'd 
 In the vile worm that glows. 

 LXV...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher
...
For Sea is under Bull. 

For Brook is under Bull. God be gracious to Lord Bolingbroke. 

For Rock is under Bull. 

For Bullfinch is under Bull. God be gracious to the Duke of Cleveland. 

For God, which always keeps his work in view has paited a Bullfinch in the heart of a stone. God be gracious to Gosling and Canterbury. 

For the Bluecap is under Bull. 

For the Humming Bird is under Bull. 

For Beetle is under Bull. 

For Toad is under bull. 

For Frog is under Bull, whic...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher
...the stone,The dove with her rough bill brought me them home.The parrot was the clergyman, the peacock was the clerk,The bullfinch played the organ,--we made merry work. ...Read more of this...
by Goose, Mother

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