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Famous Frontage Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...up,' the stranger said, in sorrow and despair, 
`I guess he has a wider run, the man that I require; 
He's got a river-frontage now, Jack Dunn of Nevertire; 
Straight Dunn of Nevertire, 
White Jack from Nevertire, 
I guess Saint Peter knew the name of `Dunn of Nevertire'.'...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry



...the easy grades between 'em;
 Watched unharnessed rapids wasting fifty thousand head an hour;
Counted leagues of water-frontage through the axe-ripe woods that screen 'em --
 Saw the plant to feed a people -- up and waiting for the power!

Well, I know who'll take the credit -- all the clever chaps that followed --
 Came, a dozen men together -- never knew my desert-fears;
Tracked me by the camps I'd quitted, used the water-holes I hollowed.
 They'll go back and do the talki...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry