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Famous Ferried Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...n weapons. Then a proud noble
asked the chosen champions about their lineage: (ll. 320-32)

“From where have you all ferried those fretted shields,
grey hauberks and masked helmets, this forest of battle-shafts?
I am Hrothgar’s herald and servant. Never have I seen
many strange men thus, more haughty of bearing.
I reckon that you come in pride, hardly in exile,
but seeking Hrothgar out of majestic intentions.” (ll. 333-39)

The courage-bold one answered him then,
t...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,



...I travelled the old road every day, I took my fruits to the market,
my cattle to the meadows, I ferried my boat across the stream and
all the ways were well known to me.
One morning my basket was heavy with wares. Men were busy in
the fields, the pastures crowded with cattle; the breast of earth
heaved with the mirth of ripening rice.
Suddenly there was a tremor in the air, and the sky seemed to
kiss me on my forehead. My mind started up like the morni...Read more of this...
by Tagore, Rabindranath
...;
 "He vanished with the coal we burn;
Our dial marks full steam ahead,
 Our speed is timed to half a turn.
Sure as the ferried barge we ply
'Twixt port and port. Romance, good-bye!"

"Romance!" the season-tickets mourn,
 "He never ran to catch his train,
But passed with coach and guard and horn --
 And left the local -- late again!"
Confound Romance! . . . And all unseen
Romance brought up the nine-fifteen.

His hand was on the lever laid,
 His oil-can soothed the worrying c...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard
...So down we steered and along we tore 
Through the flash of the midnight foam: 
Silent enough to be ghosts on guard. 
We ferried the dead girl home.

We ferried her down to the voiceless wharf, 
And we carried her up to the light; 
And we left the two to the father there, 
Who counted the coals that night. 

Then back we steered through the foam again,
But our thoughts were fast and few; 
And all we did was to crowd the surge 
And to measure the life we knew;— 

Till at last w...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry