Famous Cited Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Cited poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous cited poems. These examples illustrate what a famous cited poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Petrarch, Francesco
...ass=iname>Macgregor. [OF PARTS ONLY] I cited once t' appear before the noble queen,That ought to guide each mortal life that in this world is seen,That pleasant cruel foe that robbeth hearts of ease,And now doth frown, and then doth fawn, and can both grieve and please;And there, as gold...Read more of this...
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Milton, John
...nd
The summoning Arch-Angels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal; forthwith from all winds,
The living, and forthwith the cited dead
Of all past ages, to the general doom
Shall hasten; such a peal shall rouse their sleep.
Then, all thy saints assembled, thou shalt judge
Bad Men and Angels; they, arraigned, shall sink
Beneath thy sentence; Hell, her numbers full,
Thenceforth shall be for ever shut. Mean while
The world shall burn, and from her ashes spring
New He...Read more of this...
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Spenser, Edmund
...mmand{"e}ment.
So long persisted obstinate and bold,
Till at the length he published to hold
A visitation, and them cited thether:
Then was high time their wits about to geather.
What did they then, but made a composition
With their next neighbour priest, for light condition,
To whom their living they resigned quite
For a few pence, and ran away by night....Read more of this...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...called "grieve" -- Anglo-Saxon,
"gerefa" in some parts of Scotland.
50. Sompnour: summoner; an apparitor, who cited delinquents
to appear in ecclesiastical courts.
51. Questio quid juris: "I ask which law (applies)"; a cant law-
Latin phrase.
52 Harlot: a low, ribald fellow; the word was used of both
sexes; it comes from the Anglo-Saxon verb to hire.
53. Significavit: an ecclesiastical writ.
54. Within his jurisdiction he had at his o...Read more of this...
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