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Famous Equipoise Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

...e my only garlands, and I claim 
The golden Harvests as my heritage. 

September 

I bear the Scales, where hang in equipoise 
The night and day; and whenunto my lips 
I put my trumpet, with its stress and noise 
Fly the white clouds like tattered sails of ships; 
The tree-tops lash the air with sounding whips; 
Southward the clamorous sea-fowl wing their flight; 
The hedges are all red with haws and hips, 
The Hunter's Moon reigns empress of the night. 

October 

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