Famous Caravans Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Do You Remember Once . .

...essed 
By breezes that load all the ambient airs 
With clinging fragrance of the bales it bears 
From harbors where the caravans come down, 
I see over the roof-tops of the town 
The new moon back again, but shall not see 
The joy that once it had in store for me, 
Nor know again the voice upon the stair, 
The little studio in the candle-glare, 
And all that makes in word and touch and glance 
The bliss of the first nights of a romance 
When will to love and be beloved casts ...Read more of this...
by Seeger, Alan


Evarra And His Gods

...e story of Evarra -- man --
Maker of Gods in lands beyond the sea.
 Because the city gave him of her gold,
 Because the caravans brought turquoises,
 Because his life was sheltered by the King,
 So that no man should maim him, none should steal,
 Or break his rest with babble in the streets
 When he was weary after toil, he made
 An image of his God in gold and pearl,
 With turquoise diadem and human eyes,
 A wonder in the sunshine, known afar,
 And worshipped by the King; bu...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

portland views

...ith secrets visitors don't probe

but on the road up out of town
towards the east a different spirit

rides inland over caravans and hedges
especially in soft light

portland softens like a pear
in syrup (yearning to be consumed)

elsewhere at other times it broods
a sleeping lion its paw upon

the carcase of its prey - but look
at portland if you can by night

its outline traced by street lights
its harshnesses seduced to

shadows - then the island hangs
beneath the sky in s...Read more of this...
by Gregory, Rg

Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs

...ine three thousand years ago. 

It’s strange to read it all to-day, the shifting of the stock; 
You’d think you see the caravans that loaf behind the flock, 
The little donkeys and the mules, the sheep that slowly spread, 
And maybe Dan or Naphthali a-ridin’ on ahead. 

The long, dry, dusty summer days, the smouldering fires at night; 
The stir and bustle of the camp at break of morning light; 
The little kids that skipped about, the camels’ dead-slow tramp— 
I wish I’d done ...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

Salut au Monde

...at the fairs of Khiva, and those of Herat; 
I see Teheran—I see Muscat and Medina, and the intervening sands—I see the caravans
 toiling
 onward; 
I see Egypt and the Egyptians—I see the pyramids and obelisks;
I look on chisel’d histories, songs, philosophies, cut in slabs of sand-stone, or on
 granite-blocks; 
I see at Memphis mummy-pits, containing mummies, embalm’d, swathed in linen cloth, lying
 there
 many centuries; 
I look on the fall’n Theban, the large-ball’d eyes, ...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


The Black Cottage

.... 
Sand grains should sugar in the natal dew 
The babe born to the desert, the sand storm 
Retard mid-waste my cowering caravans-- 
"There are bees in this wall." He struck the clapboards, 
Fierce heads looked out; small bodies pivoted. 
We rose to go. Sunset blazed on the windows....Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert

The Roaring Days

...de of the past. 

And when the cheery camp-fire 
Explored the bush with gleams, 
The camping-grounds were crowded 
With caravans of teams; 
Then home the jests were driven, 
And good old songs were sung, 
And choruses were given 
The strength of heart and lung. 
Oh, they were lion-hearted 
Who gave our country birth! 
Oh, they were of the stoutest sons 
From all the lands on earth! 

Oft when the camps were dreaming, 
And fires began to pale, 
Through rugged ranges gleaming 
...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry

The Shanty On The Rise

...When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the West, 
On a spur among the mountains stood `The Bullock-drivers' Rest'; 
It was built of bark and saplings, and was rather rough inside, 
But 'twas good enough for bushmen in the careless days that died -- 
Just a quiet little shanty kept by `Something-in-Disguise', 
As the bushmen called the landlord of the...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry

The Slaves Dream

...dreams
The lordly Niger flowed;
Beneath the palm-trees on the plain
Once more a king he strode;
And heard the tinkling caravans
Descend the mountain-road.

He saw once more his dark-eyed queen
Among her children stand;
They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks,
They held him by the hand!--
A tear burst from the sleeper's lids
And fell into the sand.

And then at furious speed he rode
Along the Niger's bank;
His bridle-reins were golden chains,
And, with a martial clank,
...Read more of this...
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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