Famous Escutcheons Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Escutcheons poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous escutcheons poems. These examples illustrate what a famous escutcheons poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lowell, Amy
...the wind,
A silent murmur, carved in still, gray stone.
High pointed windows pierced the southern wall
Whence proud escutcheons flung prismatic fires
To stain the tessellated marble floor
With pools of red, and quivering green, and blue;
And in the shade beyond the further door,
Its sober squares of black and white were hid
Beneath a restless, shuffling, wide-eyed mob
Of lackeys and retainers come to view
The Christening.
A sudden blare of trumpets, and the throng
Abo...Read more of this...
by
Jonson, Ben
...: O happy state ! wherein We, sad for him, may glory, and not sin. [AJ Notes:Scutcheons, escutcheons, emblazoned shields, which would decorate a hearse buried in state and pomp.]...Read more of this...
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