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Famous Gratefulness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...Ten years together without yet a cloud,
They seek each other's eyes at intervals
Of gratefulness to firelight and four walls
For love's obliteration of the crowd.
Serenely and perennially endowed
And bowered as few may be, their joy recalls
No snake, no sword; and over them there falls
The blessing of what neither says aloud.

Wiser for silence, they were not so glad
Were she to read the graven tale of lines
On the wan face of one s...Read more of this...



by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...have chill'd her bride-kiss? Wedded her?
Fought in her father's battles? wounded there?
The King was all fulfill'd with gratefulness,
And she, my namesake of the hands, that heal'd
Thy hurt and heart with unguent and caress--
Well--can I wish her any huger wrong
Than having known thee? her too hast thou left
To pine and waste in those sweet memories.
O were I not my Mark's, by whom all men
Are noble, I should hate thee more than love."


And Tristram, fondling her lig...Read more of this...

by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...for little grief. 
There was a time for service and he served; 
And there is no more time for anything
But a short gratefulness to those who gave 
Their scared allegiance to an enterprise 
That has the name of treason—which will serve 
As well as any other for the present. 
There are some deeds of men that have no names,
And mine may like as not be one of them. 
I am not looking far for names tonight. 
The King of Glory was without a name 
Until men gave Him ...Read more of this...

by Herbert, George
...sizes,
Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in,
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,
Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness,
The sound of glory ringing in our ears;
Without, our shame; within, our consciences;
Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears:
Yet all these fences and their whole array
One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away....Read more of this...

by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...not fulfil,
Transmutes him with her faith and praise,
And has him shining where she will.

She crowns him with her gratefulness,
And says again that life is good;
And should the gift of God be less
In him than in her motherhood,
His fame, though vague, will not be small
As upward through her dream he fares,
Half clouded with a crimson fall
Of roses thrown on marble stairs....Read more of this...



by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...ve chilled her bride-kiss? Wedded her? 
Fought in her father's battles? wounded there? 
The King was all fulfilled with gratefulness, 
And she, my namesake of the hands, that healed 
Thy hurt and heart with unguent and caress-- 
Well--can I wish her any huger wrong 
Than having known thee? her too hast thou left 
To pine and waste in those sweet memories. 
O were I not my Mark's, by whom all men 
Are noble, I should hate thee more than love.' 

And Tristram, fondling ...Read more of this...

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