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Famous Devide Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...hopeful Child, their Ages only stay:
The Two, whom Friendship in dear Bands has ty'd,
Thou dost with a remorseless hand devide;
Friendship, the Cement, that does faster twine
Two Souls, than that which Soul and Body joyn:
Thousands have been, who their own Blood did spill, 
But never any yet his Friend did kill. 
Then 'gainst thy Dart what Armour can be found, 
Who, where thou do'st not strike, do'st deepest wound? 
Thy Pitty, than thy Wrath's more bitter far,
Most cruel, whe...Read more of this...
by Killigrew, Anne



...it be ? she said, and can it be ? 
That 'mong the Great Ones I a Poet see ? 

The Great Ones? who their Ill-spent time devide, 
'Twixt dang'rous Politicks, and formal Pride, 
Destructive Vice, expensive Vanity, 
In worse Ways yet, if Worse there any be: 
Leave to Inferiours the despised Arts, 
Let their Retainers be the Men of Parts. 
But here with Wonder and with Joy I find, 
I'th'Noble Born, a no less Noble Mind; 
One, who on Ancestors, does not rely
For Fame, in Merit, as...Read more of this...
by Killigrew, Anne

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