Famous Escorted Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Beowulf (Modern English)

...s, stepped out of the women’s house,
glory-fast, with a great retinue, revealing his virtues,
and his queen with him, escorted by her maidens,
measuring out the way to the great mead-house. (ll. 916-24)

 

XIIII.

Hrothgar made a speech, going up to the hall,
standing on the steps, gazing at the steep roof,
flecked with gold, and Grendel’s hand:
“For this vision may there be given
swift thanks to the All-Wielding!
I have endured many hated days,
many misfortun...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,


Inferno Canto 01

...r divino 

The time was the beginning of the morning;
the sun was rising now in fellowship
with the same stars that had escorted it


mosse di prima quelle cose belle;
s? ch'a bene sperar m'era cagione
di quella fiera a la gaetta pelle 

when Divine Love first moved those things of beauty;
so that the hour and the gentle season
gave me good cause for hopefulness on seeing


l'ora del tempo e la dolce stagione;
ma non s? che paura non mi desse
la vista che m'apparve d'un leone...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Ode For Mrs. William Settle

...he reading I gave of César Vallejo's
great "memoriam" to his brother Miguel,
not even the girl who sobbed and
had to be escorted to the school nurse,
calmed, and sent home in a cab. Evenings
in Lake Forest in mid-December drop
suddenly; one moment the distant sky
is a great purple canvas, and then it's
gone, and no stars emerge; however,
not the least hint of the stockyards
or slaughterhouses is allowed to drift
out to the suburbs, so it's a deathless
darkness with no more pe...Read more of this...
by Levine, Philip

The Black Watch Memorial

...ument, while the music of the bands did rend the air. 

The noble Marquis of Breadalbane arrived on the ground at 1.30,
Escorted by a guard of honour and his pipe band;
Then the bands struck up, and the pipes were set a bumming,
And all with one accord played up the "Campbell's are Coming." 

Then his Lordship ascended a platform on the north side of the monument,
And the bands played cheerfully till their breath was almost spent;
Then his Lordship received three ringing chee...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Flake the Wind exasperate

...The Flake the Wind exasperate
More eloquently lie
Than if escorted to its Down
By Arm of Chivalry....Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily


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