Famous Depressing Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Depressing poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous depressing poems. These examples illustrate what a famous depressing poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...must feel
More poignant anguish, than the lowest poor,
Who, born to indigence, have learn'd to brave
Rigid Adversity's depressing breath!--
Ah! rather Fortune's worthless favourites!
Who feed on England's vitals--Pensioners
Of base corruption, who, in quick ascent
To opulence unmerited, become
Giddy with pride, and as ye rise, forgetting
The dust ye lately left, with scorn look down
On those beneath ye (tho' your equals once
In fortune , and in worth superior still ,
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by
Turner Smith, Charlotte
...old person of Crowle,Who lived in the nest of an owl;When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest,That depressing old person of Crowle. ...Read more of this...
by
Lear, Edward
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