Famous Discharged Poems by Famous Poets

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

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from imperfect Eden

...miss
they thought i'd done a bunk or slipped the leash
when found i'd gone all blue like frozen fish
those scented lips discharged their angry bile
and cupid's dart fell short a scornful mile

come christmas day the christmas tree was bright
its mothering arms held glittering gifts for all
and i was seven longing to be eight
and i was given a large pink fluffy ball
my spirit shrank into the nearest wall
true love reduced to this insulting gimcrack
my pumped-up heart was punct...Read more of this...
by Gregory, Rg


MFingal - Canto II

...rent.
What though at Lexington you can say,
They kill'd a few, they did not fancy;
At Concord then with manful popping,
Discharged a round, the ball to open;
Yet when they saw your rebel rout
Determined still to brave it out,
Did they not show their love of peace,
Their wish that discord straight might cease;
Demonstrate, and by proofs uncommon,
Their orders were to injure no man?
For did not every regular run,
As soon as e'er you fired a gun;
Take the first shot you sent the...Read more of this...
by Trumbull, John

MFingal - Canto III

...march)
And like a meteor rushing through,
Struck on their Pole a vengeful blow.
Around, the Whigs, of clubs and stones
Discharged whole vollies, in platoons,
That o'er in whistling fury fly;
But not a foe dares venture nigh.
And now perhaps with glory crown'd
Our 'Squire had fell'd the pole to ground,
Had not some Pow'r, a whig at heart,
Descended down and took their part;
(Whether 'twere Pallas, Mars or Iris,
'Tis scarce worth while to make inquiries)
Who at the nick of tim...Read more of this...
by Trumbull, John

Old Testament Gospel

...ree;
The type, well understood,
Express'd the sinner's plea;
Described a guilty soul enlarged,
And by a Saviour's death discharged.

Jesus, I love to trace,
Throughout the sacred page,
The footsteps of Thy grace,
The same in every age!
Oh, grant that I may faithful be
To clearer light vouchsafed to me!...Read more of this...
by Cowper, William

Paradise Lost: Book 04

...im I still received, 
And understood not that a grateful mind 
By owing owes not, but still pays, at once 
Indebted and discharged; what burden then 
O, had his powerful destiny ordained 
Me some inferiour Angel, I had stood 
Then happy; no unbounded hope had raised 
Ambition! Yet why not some other Power 
As great might have aspired, and me, though mean, 
Drawn to his part; but other Powers as great 
Fell not, but stand unshaken, from within 
Or from without, to all temptati...Read more of this...
by Milton, John


Psalm XXXII: Happy the Man

...sin,
But, washed in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean.

Happy beyond expression he
Who debts are thus discharged;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his soul enlarged.

His spirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all sincere;
He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his conscience clear.

While I my inward guilt suppressed,
No quiet could I find;
Thy wrath lay burning in my breast,
And racked my tortured mind.

Then I confessed my trouble...Read more of this...
by Watts, Isaac

Saltbush Bills Gamecock

...h Game could beat an Australian bird; 
And Old McCrae, who was on the bench, as soon as the case was tried, 
Remarked, "Discharged with a clean discharge -- the assault was justified!"...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

Starting from Paumanok

...
O all and each well-loved by me! my intrepid nations! O I at any rate include
 you all with perfect love! 
I cannot be discharged from you! not from one, any sooner than another! 
O Death! O for all that, I am yet of you, unseen, this hour, with irrepressible
 love, 
Walking New England, a friend, a traveler,
Splashing my bare feet in the edge of the summer ripples, on Paumanok’s
 sands, 
Crossing the prairies—dwelling again in Chicago—dwelling in every
 town, 
Observing sho...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

The Capture of Lucknow

...uld be heard in the battle afar,
Crying-- "Come on my boys there is nothing like war!" 

But, in a moment, a volley was discharged at him,
And he fell mortally wounded, while the Sepoys did grin;
Then the Highlanders closed with their foes and made them retreat,
And left them not till every rebel lay dead at their feet. 

Then Sir Colin Campbell to his men did say,--
"Men, I feel proud that we have captured Lucknow this day;
Therefore strike up the bagpipes and give one heart...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The First Grenadier of France

...
But he had everything ready for the attack and complete. 

There he sat and his mind absorbed in deep distress,
But he discharged a couple of muskets into the darkness;
To warn the enemy that he knew they were there,
Then he heard the Austrian officers telling their men to beware. 

So until morning he was left unmolested,
And quietly till daylight the brave Grenadier rested;
But at sunrise the Austrian commander called on the garrison to surrender,
But the Grenadier replied...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Hermit

...cs
Began to imitate his silly ticks.

And stranger still, their prospects so enlarged
That one by one the patients were discharged.

God asked him by what right he interfered;
He only laughed and into his elfin beard.

When God revealed Himself to mortal prayer
He gave a fatal opening to Voltaire.

Our Hermi had dispensed with Sinai's thunder,
But on the other hand he made no blunder;

He knew ( no doubt) that any axiom
Would furnish bricks to build some Donkeydom.

But!-all ...Read more of this...
by Crowley, Aleister

The Lady of the Lake

...get and his plaid,
     And to the Lowland warrior said:
     'Bold Saxon! to his promise just,
     Vich-Alpine has discharged his trust.
     This murderous Chief, this ruthless man,
     This head of a rebellious clan,
     Hath led thee safe, through watch and ward,
     Far past Clan-Alpine's outmost guard.
     Now, man to man, and steel to steel,
     A Chieftain's vengeance thou shalt feel.
     See, here all vantageless I stand,
     Armed like thyself wit...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

The Nithsdale Widow and Her Son

...lain made no reply,
But drew a pistol from his holster, and cried, "Your cow must die!"
Then riding up to the poor cow, discharged it through her head,
When the innocent animal instantly fell down dead. 

Not satisfied with this the merciless ruffian leaped the little garden wall,
And with his horse trod down everything, the poor widow's all,
Then having finished this barbarous act of direst cruelty,
The monster rejoined his comrades shouting right merrily: 

"There, you old ...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Return

...--not pride,
Nor yet conceit, but on the 'ole
(If such a term may be applied),
The makin's of a bloomin' soul.
But now, discharged, I fall away
To do with little things again....
Gawd, 'oo knows all I cannot say,
Look after me in Thamesfontein!

If England was what England seems
An' not the England of our dreams,
But only putty, brass, an' paint,
'Ow quick we'd chuck 'er! But she ain't!...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

To a foil'd European Revolutionaire

...ast.

When there are no more memories of heroes and martyrs, 
And when all life, and all the souls of men and women are discharged from any part of the
 earth, 
Then only shall liberty, or the idea of liberty, be discharged from that part of the
 earth, 
And the infidel come into full possession. 

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Then courage! European revolter! revoltress!
For, till all ceases, neither must you cease. 

I do not know what you are for, (I do not know what I am for myself, nor what anythin...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

To Four Psychoanalysts

...hes’ brooms

Bringing his psychotic core to the fore and 

The departmental chairman finally signing the form.



Cyril discharged on Largactil survived two years

To die on a dual carriageway ‘high on morphine’

And I learned healing is caring as much as knowing,

The slow hard lesson of a lifetime, the concentration

Of a chess master, the footwork of a dancer,

The patience of a scholar and a saint’s humility,

While I have only a poet’s quickness, a journalist’s 

Ability...Read more of this...
by Tebb, Barry

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