Famous Eider Poems by Famous Poets

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

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I went to Heaven

by Emily Dickinson
 I went to Heaven --
'Twas a small Town --
Lit -- with a Ruby --
Lathed -- with Down --

Stiller -- than the fields
At the full Dew --
Beautiful -- as Pictures --
No Man drew.
People -- like the Moth --
Of Mechlin -- frames --
Duties -- of Gossamer --
And Eider -- names --
Almost -- contented --
I -- could be --
'Mong such unique
Society --...Read more of this...

Mothers

by Victor Hugo
 ("Regardez: les enfants.") 
 
 {XX., June, 1884.} 


 See all the children gathered there, 
 Their mother near; so young, so fair, 
 An eider sister she might be, 
 And yet she hears, amid their games, 
 The shaking of their unknown names 
 In the dark urn of destiny. 
 
 She wakes their smiles, she...Read more of this...

My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun --

by Emily Dickinson
 My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun --
In Corners -- till a Day
The Owner passed -- identified --
And carried Me away --

And now We roam in Sovereign Woods --
And now We hunt the Doe --
And every time I speak for Him --
The Mountains straight reply --

And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow --
It is as...Read more of this...

I cannot dance upon my Toes

by Emily Dickinson
 I cannot dance upon my Toes --
No Man instructed me --
But oftentimes, among my mind,
A Glee possesseth me,

That had I Ballet knowledge --
Would put itself abroad
In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe --
Or lay a Prima, mad,

And though I had no Gown of Gauze --
No Ringlet, to my Hair,
Nor hopped to Audiences -- like Birds,
One Claw upon the Air,

Nor tossed...Read more of this...

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