Famous Diem Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Diem poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous diem poems. These examples illustrate what a famous diem poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...physicians
Is apple-pie and cheese!
Though ribalds may decry 'em,
For these twin boons we stand,
Partaking thrice per diem
Of their fulness out of hand;
No enervating fashion
Shall cheat us of our right
To gratify our passion
With a mouthful at a bite!
We'll cut it square or bias,
Or any way we please,
And faith shall justify us
When we carve our pie and cheese!
De gustibus, 't is stated,
Non disputandum est.
Which meaneth, when translated,
That all is for the best.
So let...Read more of this...
by
Field, Eugene
...O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journey's end in lovers' meeting--
Every wise man's son doth know.
What is love? 'tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty,...Read more of this...
by
Shakespeare, William
...Than that which glows on yonder brass:
‘Qui procul hinc,’ the legend’s writ,—
The frontier-grave is far away—
‘Qui ante diem periit:
Sed miles, sed pro patria.’...Read more of this...
by
Newbolt, Sir Henry
...things,
Whose deepnesse doth intise such forward wits,
To practise more than heavenly power permits.
Terminat hora diem, Terminat Author opus....Read more of this...
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Marlowe, Christopher
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