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Famous Chaired Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers qui...Read more of this...
by Housman, A E



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