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Famous Farer Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
...he race of his wings.

O strong sea-sailor,
Whose cheek turns paler
For wind or hail or
For fear of thee?
O far sea-farer,
O thunder-bearer,
Thy songs are rarer
Than soft songs be.
O fleet-foot stranger,
O north-sea ranger
Through days of danger
And ways of fear,
Blow thy horn here for us,
Blow the sky clear for us,
Send us the song of the sea to hear.

Roll the strong stream of it
Up, till the scream of it
Wake from a dream of it
Children that sleep,
Seamen that ...Read more of this...



by Wylie, Elinor
...hey flashed, his brow they splashed, 
And danger's son was christened.

The portent passed; his fate was cast, 
Sea-farer, desert-ranger. 
Tearless I smiled on that fearless child 
Dipping his foot in Danger....Read more of this...

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