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Famous Capricorn Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...s warmth such fridged colds did cause to melt.
My chilled limbs now numbed lie forlorn;
Return; return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn;
In this dead time, alas, what can I more
Than view those fruits which through thy heart I bore?
Which sweet contentment yield me for a space,
True living pictures of their father's face.
O strange effect! now thou art southward gone,
I weary grow the tedious day so long;
But when thou northward to me shalt return,
I wish my Sun may never set, but ...Read more of this...
by Bradstreet, Anne



...and the Spartan Twins, 
Up to the Tropick Crab: thence down amain 
By Leo, and the Virgin, and the Scales, 
As deep as Capricorn; to bring in change 
Of seasons to each clime; else had the spring 
Perpetual smiled on earth with vernant flowers, 
Equal in days and nights, except to those 
Beyond the polar circles; to them day 
Had unbenighted shone, while the low sun, 
To recompense his distance, in their sight 
Had rounded still the horizon, and not known 
Or east or west; w...Read more of this...
by Milton, John
...ain. 

V 

 And I heard them say "Home!" and I knew them 
 For souls of the felled 
 On the earth's nether bord 
 Under Capricorn, whither they'd warred, 
And I neared in my awe, and gave heedfulness to them 
 With breathings inheld. 

VI 

 Then, it seemed, there approached from the northward 
 A senior soul-flame 
 Of the like filmy hue: 
 And he met them and spake: "Is it you, 
O my men?" Said they, "Aye! We bear homeward and hearthward 
 To list to our fame!" 

VII 

 "I'...Read more of this...
by Hardy, Thomas

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