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Famous Charing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Suckling, Sir John
...gs without compare! 
Such sights again cannot be found 
In any place on English ground, 
Be it at wake or fair.

At Charing Cross, hard by the way 
Where we, thou know'st, do sell our hay, 
There is a house with stairs; 
And there did I see coming down 
Such folks as are not in our town, 
Forty at least, in pairs.

Amongst the rest, one pest'lent fine 
(His beard no bigger, though, than thine) 
Walked on before the rest: 
Our landlord looks like nothing to him; 
The K...Read more of this...



by Thompson, Francis
...anst not sadder) 
Cry--and upon thy so sore loss 
Shall shine the traffic of Jacob's ladder 
Pitched betwixt Heaven and Charing Cross. 

Yea, in the night, my Soul, my daughter, 
Cry--clinging to Heaven by the hems; 
And lo, Christ walking on the water, 
Not of Genesareth, but Thames!...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...have been the oysters.

In obscene array
Garbage cans spill over;
How I wish that they
Smelled as sweet as clover!
Charing women wait;
Cafes drop their shutters;
Rats perambulate
Up and down the gutters.

Down the darkened street
Market carts are creeping;
Horse with wary feet,
Red-faced driver sleeping.
Loads of vivid greens,
Carrots, leeks, potatoes,
Cabbages and beans,
Turnips and tomatoes.

Pair of dapper chaps,
Cigarettes and sashes,
Stare at me, perhaps...Read more of this...

by Davies, William Henry
...fined to land; 
And turn these mortals into trees, 
That walk in Fleet Street or the Strand. 

So, when I'm passing Charing Cross, 
Where porters work both night and day, 
I ofttimes hear sweet Malpas Brook, 
That flows thrice fifty miles away. 
And when I'm passing near St Paul's 
I see beyond the dome and crowd, 
Twm Barlum, that green pap in Gwent, 
With its dark nipple in a cloud....Read more of this...

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