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Famous Eluded Poems by Famous Poets

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...lame flies, 
 The low light fails us in elusive skies, 
Still the foil'd earnest ear is deaf, and blind 
 Are still the eluded eyes. 

Not thee, O never thee, in all time's changes, 
 Not thee, but this the sound of thy sad soul, 
 The shadow of thy swift spirit, this shut scroll 
I lay my hand on, and not death estranges 
 My spirit from communion of thy song-- 
 These memories and these melodies that throng 
Veil'd porches of a Muse funereal-- 
 These I salute, these touch,...Read more of this...
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles



...f secrets kept, strength like a tower,
And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;
Of changing and of shifting shape
Of snares eluded, broken traps,
The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
Backwards and forwards swayed their song.
Reeling and foundering, as ever more strong
The chanting swelled, Felagund fought,
And all the magic and might he brought
Of Elvenesse into his words.
Softly in the gloom they heard the birds
Singing afar in Nargothrond,
The sighing of the Sea beyond,
Be...Read more of this...
by Tolkien, J R R
...ssed the men, but except for an instance or two, when it
came time to make it with Cass, Cass had somehow slipped away, eluded the men. 
Her sisters accused her of misusing her beauty, of not using her mind enough, but Cass
had mind and spirit; she painted, she danced, she sang, she made things of clay, and when
people were hurt either in the spirit or the flesh, Cass felt a deep grieving for them.
Her mind was simply different; her mind was simply not practical. Her sisters ...Read more of this...
by Bukowski, Charles
...o are beautiful and happy—he is one of those that to look upon
 and be
 with is enough. 

The law of the past cannot be eluded, 
The law of the present and future cannot be eluded, 
The law of the living cannot be eluded—it is eternal,
The law of promotion and transformation cannot be eluded, 
The law of heroes and good-doers cannot be eluded, 
The law of drunkards, informers, mean persons—not one iota thereof can be eluded. 

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Slow moving and black lines go ceaselessly over...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

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