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Famous Down In The Mouth Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...clean. 

Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom 
`Ad gone back to their tea, feelin' blue.
Ma said, "I feel down in the mouth, like.
" Pa said, "Aye, I bet Albert does, too." 

Said Mother, "It just goes to show yer 
That the future is never revealed;
If I'd thowt we was goin' to lose `im,
I'd `ave not `ad `is boots soled and `eeled." 

"Let's look on the bright side," said Father,
"Wot can't be `elped must be endured; 
Each cloud `as a silvery lining,...Read more of this...
by Edgar, Marriott



...
I'd have a merry life enough
If a good Easter wind were blowing,
And though the winter wind is bad
I should not be too down in the mouth
For anything you did or said
If but this wind were in the south.'

'You cry aloud, O would 'twere spring
Or that the wind would shift a point,
And do not know that you would bring,
If time were suppler in the joint,
Neither the spring nor the south wind
But the hour when you shall pass away
And leave no smoking wick behind,
For all life...Read more of this...
by Yeats, William Butler
...'ands were quite clean.

Meanwhile Mister and Missus Ramsbottom
'Ad gone 'ome to tea feeling blue;
Ma says 'I feel down in the mouth like,'
Pa says "Aye! I bet Albert does too.'

Said Ma 'It just goes for to show yer
That the future is never revealed,
If I thought we was going to lose 'im
I'd 'ave not 'ad 'is boots soled and 'eeled.

'Let's look on the bright side,' said Father
'What can't be 'elped must be endured,
Every cloud 'as a silvery lining,
And we did 'a...Read more of this...
by Edgar, Marriott

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