Famous Governance Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Opposition

by Sidney Lanier
 Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill,
Complain no more; for these, O heart,
Direct the random of the will
As rhymes direct the rage of art.

The lute's fixt fret, that runs athwart
The strain and purpose of the string,
For governance and nice consort
Doth bar his wilful wavering.

The dark hath many dear avails;
The dark distils divinest dews;
The dark is rich with nightingales,
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