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Famous Debater Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...t another 
Haply may discomfit thee: 
Brother now must war with brother -- 
"Salutamus te!" 

War-torn vet'ran, skilled debater, 
Trickster famed of bridge and road, 
Now for each grim gladiator 
Gapes Oblivion's drear abode. 
Should the last great final jury 
Turn their thumbs down -- it must be! 
"Ave, Caesar, morituri 
salutamus te!"...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton



...noon;"
which says: "I have encountered it
among those unpretentious
proteg?s of wisdom,
where seeming to parade
as the debater and the Roman,
the statesmanship
of an archaic Daniel Webster
persists to their simplicity of temper
as the essence of the matter:

`Liberty and union
now and forever;'

the book on the writing-table;
the hand in the breast-pocket."...Read more of this...
by Moore, Marianne

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