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Famous Few And Far Between Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Byron, George (Lord)
...not to the roughest breeze
Which howls down from Siberia's waste,
And strips the forest in its haste, -
But these were few and far between,
Set thick with shrubs more young and green,
Luxuriant with their annual leaves,
Ere strown by those autumnal eves
That nip the forest's foliage dead,
Discoloured with a lifeless red,
Which stands thereon like stiffened gore
Upon the slain when battle's o'er,
And some long winter's night hath shed
Its frost o'er every tombless head,
So co...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...let escape, 
The bushmen all declare, 
Were born some creatures partly ape 
And partly native-bear. 
They’re rather few and far between, 
The race is nearly spent; 
But some of them may still be seen 
In Sydney Parliament. 


And when those legislators fight, 
And drink, and act the fool, 
Just blame it on that torrid night 
When Dacey rode the mule....Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...you some day.)

How strange two "irresponsibles" should chum away up here!
But round the Arctic Circle friends are few and far between.
We've shared the same camp-fire and tent for nigh on seven year,
And never had a word that wasn't cheering and serene.
We've halved the toil and split the spoil, and borne each other's packs;
By all the Wild's freemasonry we're brothers, tried and true;
We've swept on danger side by side, and fought it back to back,
And you would...Read more of this...

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