Famous Deportment Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Deportment poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous deportment poems. These examples illustrate what a famous deportment poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...eeding battle skill'd,
The monster stalks the terror of the field.
From Gath he sprung, Goliath was his name,
Of fierce deportment, and gigantic frame:
A brazen helmet on his head was plac'd,
A coat of mail his form terrific grac'd,
The greaves his legs, the targe his shoulders prest:
Dreadful in arms high-tow'ring o'er the rest
A spear he proudly wav'd, whose iron head,
Strange to relate, six hundred shekels weigh'd;
He strode along, and shook the ample field,
While Phoebus ...Read more of this...
by
Wheatley, Phillis
...various sums;
They hadn't a tooth left between them,
But Sam knew their age by their gums.
Sam studied their lines and deportment
As Sergeant were trotting them round,
And told him he reckoned their value
Were fourpence, per race 'orse, per pound.
Now the Sarg. had a filly called Buster
As he hadn't said nothing about,
But when Sam turned his nose up at t'others
He thought as he'd best trot her out.
Sam were struck with her youthful appearance,
Though there wasn't ...Read more of this...
by
Edgar, Marriott
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There was an old person of Bude,Whose deportment was vicious and crude;He wore a large ruff of pale straw-colored stuff,Which perplexed all the people of Bude. ...Read more of this...
by
Lear, Edward
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