Famous Esteeming Poems by Famous Poets

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

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56. Epistle to Davie A Brother Poet

...ess!
Or else, neglecting a’ that’s guid,
 They riot in excess!
 Baith careless and fearless
 Of either heaven or hell;
 Esteeming and deeming
 It’s a’ an idle tale!


Then let us cheerfu’ acquiesce,
Nor make our scanty pleasures less,
 By pining at our state:
And, even should misfortunes come,
I, here wha sit, hae met wi’ some—
 An’s thankfu’ for them yet.
They gie the wit of age to youth;
 They let us ken oursel’;
They make us see the naked truth,
 The real guid and ill:
 Th...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


Beowulf (Modern English)

...— they wished
to speak of their grief and mourn their king,
piecing together a wordful song, speaking about the man,
esteeming his noble courage and his brave deeds,
valuing him gloriously—just as was appropriate
that one celebrate his friendly lord wordfully,
loving him in the heart, when he must be brought
forth from his body-house. So the Geatish people
grieved over the fall of their lord, his hearth-companions—
they told that he was the mildest of men,
the kinde...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,

Champagne 1914-15

...om shame and menace free in years to come -- - 
A richer heritage of happiness, 
He marched to that heroic martyrdom. 

Esteeming less the forfeit that he paid 
Than undishonored that his flag might float 
Over the towers of liberty, he made 
His breast the bulwark and his blood the moat. 

Obscurely sacrificed, his nameless tomb, 
Bare of the sculptor's art, the poet's lines, 
Summer shall flush with poppy-fields in bloom, 
And Autumn yellow with maturing vines. 

There the ...Read more of this...
by Seeger, Alan

My Ladys Law

...r serve 'em so--
 Except at her desire.

 With even mind, I'd put behind 
 Adventure and acclaim,
 And clean give o'er, esteeming more
 Her favour than my fame.

 Yet such am I, yea, such am I--
 Sore bond and freest free,
 The Law that sways my lady's ways
 Is mystery to me!...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

Sonnet 102: My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming

...hened, though more weak in seeming;
I love not less, though less the show appear;
That love is merchandized, whose rich esteeming
The owner's tongue doth publish everywhere.
Our love was new, and then but in the spring
When I was wont to greet it with my lays,
As Philomel in summer's front doth sing,
And stops her pipe in growth of riper days—
Not that the summer is less pleasant now
Than when her mournful hymns did hush the night,
But that wild music burthens every bough,
An...Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William


Sonnet CII

...then'd, though more weak in seeming;
I love not less, though less the show appear:
That love is merchandized whose rich esteeming
The owner's tongue doth publish every where.
Our love was new and then but in the spring
When I was wont to greet it with my lays,
As Philomel in summer's front doth sing
And stops her pipe in growth of riper days:
Not that the summer is less pleasant now
Than when her mournful hymns did hush the night,
But that wild music burthens every bough
And ...Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William

Sonnets xiv

...en'd, though more weak in seeming; 
I love not less, though less the show appear: 
That love is merchandised whose rich esteeming 
The owner's tongue doth publish everywhere. 
Our love was new, and then but in the spring, 
When I was wont to greet it with my lays; 
As Philomel in summer's front doth sing 
And stops her pipe in growth of riper days: 
Not that the summer is less pleasant now 
Than when her mournful hymns did hush the night, 
But that wild music burthens every b...Read more of this...
by Shakespeare, William

The Law Of The Yukon

...I rise in my wrath and I sweep on their path and I stamp them into a grave.
Dreaming of men who will bless me, of women esteeming me good,
Of children born in my borders of radiant motherhood,
Of cities leaping to stature, of fame like a flag unfurled,
As I pour the tide of my riches in the eager lap of the world."

This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive;
That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive.
Dissolute, damned and despairful, cr...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Lie

...ll justice of delay:
And if they will reply,
Then give them all the lie.

Tell arts they have no soundness,
But vary by esteeming;
Tell schools they want profoundness,
And stand too much on seeming:
If arts and schools reply,
Give arts and schools the lie.

Tell faith it's fled the city;
Tell how the country erreth;
Tell manhood shakes off pity
And virtue least preferreth:
And if they do reply,
Spare not to give the lie.

So when thou hast, as I
Commanded thee, done blabbing—...Read more of this...
by Raleigh, Sir Walter

Those fair -- fictitious People

...e we -- pray --

Of Expectation -- also --
Anticipating us
With transport, that would be a pain
Except for Holiness --

Esteeming us -- as Exile --
Themself -- admitted Home --
Through easy Miracle of Death --
The Way ourself, must come --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

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