Famous Desecrated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Zira: in Captivity

by Adela Florence Cory Nicolson
   Love me a little, Lord, or let me go,
   I am so weary walking to and fro
   Through all your lonely halls that were so sweet
   Did they but echo to your coming feet.

   When by the flowered scrolls of lace-like stone
   Our women's windows—I am left...Read more of this...

Italia

by Oscar Wilde
 Italia! thou art fallen, though with sheen
Of battle-spears thy clamorous armies stride
From the north Alps to the Sicilian tide!
Ay! fallen, though the nations hail thee Queen
Because rich gold in every town is seen,
And on thy sapphire-lake in tossing pride
Of wind-filled vans thy myriad galleys ride
Beneath one flag of red and white and green.
O Fair and Strong! O Strong and...Read more of this...

The Supreme Sacrifice

by Emma Lazarus
 Well-nigh two thousand years hath Israel 
Suffered the scorn of man for love of God; 
Endured the outlaw's ban, the yoke, the rod, 
With perfect patience. Empires rose and fell, 
Around him Nebo was adored and Bel; 
Edom was drunk with victory, and trod 
On his high places, while the sacred sod 
Was desecrated by the infidel. 
His faith...Read more of this...

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