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Famous Donate Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Larkin, Philip
...ronouce
Here endeth much more loudly than I'd meant
The echoes snigger briefly. Back at the door
I sign the book donate an Irish sixpence 
Reflect the place was not worth stopping for.

Yet stop I did: in fact I often do 
And always end much at a loss like this 
Wondering what to look for; wondering too
When churches fall completely out of use
What we shall turn them into if we shall keep
A few cathedrals chronically on show 
Their parchment plate and pyx ...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...the 'Fountain Head', 
The 'Democratic Arch'. 

"In more than regal state 
I used to sit and smile, 
And bridges I'd donate, 
And railways by the mile. 

"I pawned the country off 
For many million quid, 
And spent it like a toff -- 
So hel me, Bob, I did. 

"But now those times are gone, 
The wind blows cold and keen; 
I sit and think upon 
The thing that I have been. 

"And if a country town 
Its obligation shirks, 
I press for money down 
To pay for water wo...Read more of this...

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