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Famous Canis Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...dic ibi sintre Loca?
Num gravis horrisono Polus obruit omnia lapsu,
Jungitur & praeceps Mundas utraque nive?
An melius canis horrescit Campus Aristis,
Amuius Agricolis & redit Orbe labor?
Incolit, ut fertur, saevam Gens mitior Oram,
Pace vigil, Bello strenua, justa Foro.
Quin ibi sunt Urbes, atque alta Palatia Regum,
Musarumque domus, & sua Templa Deo.
Nam regit Imperio populum Christina ferocem,
Et dare jura potest regia Virgo viris.
Utque trahit rigidum Magnes Aquilone Met...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew



...The great Overdog
That heavenly beast
With a star in one eye
Gives a leap in the east.
He dances upright
All the way to the west
And never once drops
On his forefeet to rest.
I'm a poor underdog,
But to-night I will bark
With the great Overdog
That romps through the dark....Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert
...he Greek and Latin are not dead languages, but taken up and accepted for the sake of him that spake them. 

For can is (canis) is cause and effect a dog. 

For the English is concise and strong. Dog and Bull again. 

For Newton's notion of colours is áëïãïò unphilosophical. 

For the colours are spiritual. 

For WHITE is the first and the best. 

For there are many intermediate colours, before you come to SILVER. 

For the next colour is a lively GREY. 

For the next colour i...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher
...custom prevailed of old in Bretagne.

10. "Cagnard," or "Caignard," a French term of reproach,
originally derived from "canis," a dog.

11. Parage: birth, kindred; from Latin, "pario," I beget.

12. Norice: nurse; French, "nourrice."

13. This and the previous quotation from Ptolemy are due to
the Dame's own fancy.

14. (Transcriber's note: Some Victorian censorship here. The
word given in [brackets] should be "queint" i.e. "****".)

15. Women should not adorn themselves: see...Read more of this...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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