Famous Footsore Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Soldiers Reprieve

...o days after this interview
Bennie and Blossom took their way to their green mountain home,
And poor little Blossom was footsore, but she didn't moan.


And a crowd gathered at the mill depot to welcome them back,
And to grasp the hand of his boy, Farmer Owen wasn't slack,
And tears flowed down his cheeks as he said fervently,
"The Lord be praised for setting my dear boy free."...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz


A Tribute to Henry M. Stanley

...M Stanley,
Who went out to Africa its wild regions to explore,
And travelled o'er wild and lonely deserts, fatigued and footsore. 

And what he and his little band suffered will never be forgot,
Especially one in particular, Major Edmund Barttelot,
Alas! the brave heroic Officer by a savage was shot,
The commandant of the rear column - O hard has been his lot! 

O think of the noble Stanley and his gallant little band,
While travelling through gloomy forests and devastated la...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

Camps of Green

...NOT alone those camps of white, O soldiers, 
When, as order’d forward, after a long march, 
Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessen’d, we halted for the night; 
Some of us so fatigued, carrying the gun and knapsack, dropping asleep in our tracks; 
Others pitching the little tents, and the fires lit up began to sparkle;
Outposts of pickets posted, surrounding, alert through the dark, 
And a word provided for countersign, careful for safety; 
Ti...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Cherry- Tree Inn

...h me? 
Do you think of the day of our thirty-mile tramp, 
When never a fire could we light on the camp, 
And, weary and footsore and drenched to the skin, 
We tramped through the darkness to Cherry-tree Inn? 

Then I had a sweetheart and you had a wife, 
And Johnny was more to his mother than life; 
But we solemnly swore, ere that evening was done, 
That we'd never return till our fortunes were won. 
Next morning to harvests of folly and sin 
We tramped o'er the ranges from C...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry

Stamp Collector

...to sell my car.
Now in my pocket for some sous I grope
To pay my omnibus when home is far,
And I am cold and hungry and footsore,
In haste to add some beauty to my store.

This very day, ah, what a joy was mine,
When in a dingy dealer's shop I found
This franc vermillion, eighteen forty-nine . . .
How painfully my heart began to pound!
(It's weak they say), I paid the modest price
And tremblingly I vanished in a trice.

But oh, my dream is that some day of days,
I might disco...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William


The Death of the Old Mendicant

...ight, and Boreas blew a bitter blast,
And the snowflakes they fell thick and fast,
When a poor old mendicant, tired and footsore,
Who had travelled that day fifteen miles and more,
Knocked loudly at the rich man's door. 

The rich man was in his parlour counting his gold,
And he ran to the door to see who was so bold,
And there he saw the mendicant shivering with the cold. 

Then the mendicant unto him said,
My dear sir, be not afraid,
Pray give me lodgings for the night,
And...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Three Enemies

...hou art weary."
"Not so Christ:
Whose mighty love of me suffic'd
For Strength, Salvation, Eucharist."

"Sweet, thou art footsore."
"If I bleed,
His feet have bled; yea in my need
His Heart once bled for mine indeed."

THE WORLD

"Sweet, thou art young."
"So He was young
Who for my sake in silence hung
Upon the Cross with Passion wrung."

"Look, thou art fair."
"He was more fair
Than men, Who deign'd for me to wear
A visage marr'd beyond compare."

"And thou hast riches."
"Dai...Read more of this...
by Rossetti, Christina

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