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Famous Forboding Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ruth 
They wander'd blindfold down the steep of time; 
Dim superstition with her ghastly train 
Of dæmons, spectres and forboding signs 
Still urging them to horrid rites and forms 
Of human sacrifice, to sooth the pow'rs 
Malignant, and the dark infernal king. 
Once on this spot perhaps a wigwam stood 
With all its rude inhabitants, or round 
Some mighty fire an hundred savage sons 
Gambol'd by day, and filled the night with cries; 
In what superior to the brutal race 
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by Brackenridge, Hugh Henry



...wants--the anxious hopes and fears 
That wait on all terrestrial affairs-- 
The shades of former and of future years-- 
Forboding fancies and prophetic tears, 
Quelling a spirit that was once elate. 
Heavens! what a wilderness the world appears, 
Where youth, and mirth, and health are out of date; 
But no--a laugh of innocence and joy 
Resounds, like music of the fairy race, 
And, gladly turning from the world's annoy, 
I gaze upon a little radiant face, 
And bless, inter...Read more of this...
by Hood, Thomas

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