Famous Disowns Poems by Famous Poets

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336. Song—My Eppie Macnab

...Eppie Macnab?
What says she, my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
 She let’s thee to wit that she has thee forgot,
And for ever disowns thee, her ain Jock Rab.


 O had I ne’er seen thee, my Eppie Macnab!
 O had I ne’er seen thee, my Eppie Macnab!
 As light as the air, and as fause as thou’s fair,
 Thou’s broken the heart o’ thy ain Jock Rab....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


484. Song—Saw you my dear my Philly

...says she my dear, my Philly?
 What says she my dear, my Philly?
She lets thee to wit she has thee forgot,
 And forever disowns thee, her Willy.


 O had I ne’er seen thee, my Philly!
 O had I ne’er seen thee, my Philly!
As light as the air, and fause as thou’s fair,
 Thou’s broken the heart o’ thy Willy....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

A First Confession

...bling,
Nothing but dissembling,
Nothing but coquetry.

I long for truth, and yet
I cannot stay from that
My better self disowns,
For a man's attention
Brings such satisfaction
To the craving in my bones.

Brightness that I pull back
From the Zodiac,
Why those questioning eyes
That are fixed upon me?
What can they do but shun me
If empty night replies?...Read more of this...
by Yeats, William Butler

Hatred and vengeance my eternal portion

...ence sold his holy Master.
Twice betrayed Jesus me, this last delinquent,
Deems the profanest.

Man disavows, and Deity disowns me:
Hell might afford my miseries a shelter;
Therefore hell keeps her ever hungry mouths all
Bolted against me.

Hard lot! encompassed with a thousand dangers;
Weary, faint, trembling with a thousand terrors;
I'm called, if vanquished, to receive a sentence
Worse than Abiram's.

Him the vindictive rod of angry justice
Sent quick and howling to the ce...Read more of this...
by Cowper, William

John Brown

...h will come
To cleanse and shake a wounded hemisphere, 
And heal it of a long malignity 
That angry time discredits and disowns. 

Tonight there are men saying many things; 
And some who see life in the last of me
Will answer first the coming call to death; 
For death is what is coming, and then life. 
I do not say again for the dull sake 
Of speech what you have heard me say before, 
But rather for the sake of all I am,
And all God made of me. A man to die 
As I do must have...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington


Lines Written During A Period Of Insanity

...ence sold his holy Master!
Twice betrayed, Jesus me, the last delinquent,
Deems the profanest.

Man disavows, and Deity disowns me:
Hell might afford my miseries a shelter;
Therefore Hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all
Bolted against me.

Hard lot! encompassed with a thousand dangers;
Weary, faint, trembling with a thousand terrors,
I'm called, if vanquished, to receive a sentence
Worse than Abiram's.

Him the vindictive rod of angry Justice
Sent quick and howling to the ce...Read more of this...
by Cowper, William

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