Famous Buttresses Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Buttresses poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous buttresses poems. These examples illustrate what a famous buttresses poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
And your thirteen central girders, which seem to my eye
Strong enough all windy storms to defy.
And as I gaze upon thee my heart feels gay,
Because thou are the greatest railway bridge of the present day,
And can be seen for miles away
From North, South, East or West of the Tay
On a beautiful and clear sunshiny day,
And ought to...Read more of this...
by
McGonagall, William Topaz
...ing in the cloud
I am the leaves of spring.
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Here is the last remnant of Hunslet’s goodsyard,
The immovable buttresses in timber and stone,
The bridge and the rails are gone but still seven
Arches stand like Rome’s seven hills, nothing can
Shift them, there is no road beyond the barbed-wire
Fence, they are a shelter for memory and Margaret and me
The Hunslet-haven-heaven of our love to be
I taste the mist in the morning
Utterly alone in this deserted ending...Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
...central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed....Read more of this...
by
McGonagall, William Topaz
...
As you became Oxford through the protest years;
From Magdalen’s grey gargoyles to its bridge in May,
From the cement buttresses of Wellington Square
To Balliol, Balliol in the rain.
The years become you as the Abbey Road becomes you,
As you became that road through silent years,
From the famous crossing to the stunted bridge
Caparisoned with carnivals of children,
Cohorts of coloured clowns and Father Christmases.
The years become you as the Clothworkers’ Hall i...Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
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