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Famous Ephesus Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...with celestial vigour burn, 
And give the day in fullest glory round. 
There Symrna shines, and Thyatira there, 
There Ephesus a sister light appears, 
And Pergamus with kindred glory burns: 
She burns enkindled with a purer flame 
Than Troy of old, when Grecian kings combin'd 
Had set her gates on fire: The Hellespont 
And all th' Egean sea shone to the blaze. 


But now more west the gracious day serene 
On Athens rising, throws a dark eclipse 
On that high learning by her...Read more of this...
by Brackenridge, Hugh Henry



...ght in the street,
Hollow and restless and loud. 

But the bitterest disgrace
Is to see forever the face
Of the Monk of Ephesus!
The unconquerable will
This, too, can bear;--I still
Am Belisarius!...Read more of this...
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
...Let others Rhodes or Mytilene sing,
         Or Ephesus, or Corinth, set between
     Two seas, or Thebes, or Delphi, for its king
         Each famous, or Thessalian Tempe green;
     There are who make chaste Pallas' virgin tower
         The daily burden of unending song,
     And search for wreaths the olive's rifled bower;
         The praise of Juno sounds from many a tongue,
     Telling of ...Read more of this...
by Horace,
...n glow, and vanished—oh, how far! 
 
 How lovely conflagrations look when night is utter dark! 
 The youth who fired Ephesus' fane falls low beneath my mark. 
 The pangs of people—when I sport, what matters?—See them whirl 
 About, as salamanders frisk and in the brazier curl. 
 
 Take from my brow this poor rose-crown—the flames have made it pine; 
 If blood rains on your festive gowns, wash off with Cretan wine! 
 I like not overmuch that red—good taste says "gild ...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

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