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Famous Fiord Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...swer craves: 
Where wast thou, brother mine? 
I fought for both a deadly fight; 
In vain to spy thy prow 
O'er belt and fiord I strained my sight: 
My fatherland with graves grew white: 
My brother, where wast thou? 

It was a dream! Arise, awake 
To do a nation's deed! 
Each to his post, swift counsel take; 
A brother is in need! 
A nobler song may yet be sung-- 
Danes, Danes, keep Tyra's hold-- 
And o'er a Northern era, young 
And rich in hope, be proudly flung 
The red fla...Read more of this...
by Ibsen, Henrik



...his heavy words and few;
And his eyes were of such alien blue
As gleams where the Northman saileth new
Into an unknown fiord.

"I was a fool and wasted ale--
My slaves found it sweet;
I was a fool and wasted bread,
And the birds had bread to eat.

"The kings go up and the kings go down,
And who knows who shall rule;
Next night a king may starve or sleep,
But men and birds and beasts shall weep
At the burial of a fool.

"O, drunkards in my cellar,
Boys in my apple tree,
The w...Read more of this...
by Chesterton, G K
.... . 
 He wived the gibbet-tree." 

X 

- Under that oak of heretofore 
Sat Sweetheart mine with me no more: 
By many a Fiord, and Strom, and Fleuve 
Have I since wandered . . . Soon, for love, 
 Distraught went she - 
 'Twas said for love of me....Read more of this...
by Hardy, Thomas

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