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Famous Glees Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...orsaking
The wine and the merrymaking.
We are call'd—we must go.
Laid low, very low,
In the dark we must lie.
The merry glees are still;
The voice of the bird
Shall no more be heard,
Nor the wind on the hill.
 O, misery!
Hark! death is calling
While I speak to ye,
The jaw is falling,
The red cheek paling,
The strong limbs failing;
Ice with the warm blood mixing;
The eyeballs fixing.
Nine times goes the passing bell:
Ye merry souls, farewell.
 The old earth
 Had a birth,
 As a...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



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