Famous Genuflecting Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Genuflecting poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous genuflecting poems. These examples illustrate what a famous genuflecting poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...soul;
No sister, fresh from holy vows,
So humbly stoops, so meekly bows;
His large obeisance puts to shame
The proudest genuflecting dame,
Whose Easter bonnet low descends
With all the grace devotion lends.
O brother with the supple spine,
How much we owe those bows of thine!
Without thine arm to lend the breeze,
How vain the finger on the keys!
Though all unmatched the player's skill,
Those thousand throats were dumb and still:
Another's art may shape the tone,
The breath t...Read more of this...
by
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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