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Famous Graveness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ittle dulling edge of foam
That browns and dwindles as the wave goes home;
And washen stones, gay for an hour; the cold
Graveness of iron; moist black earthen mould;
Sleep; and high places; footprints in the dew;
And oaks; and brown horse-chestnuts, glossy-new;— 
And new-peeled sticks; and shining pools on grass;— 
All these have been my loves. And these shall pass,
Whatever passes not, in the great hour,
Nor all my passion, all my prayers, have power
To hold them with me thr...Read more of this...
by Brooke, Rupert



...lories of the heaven, 
 And all the wild magnificence of even; 
 On nature waits, eternal and serene, 
 With all the graveness of a little queen. 
 She never sees a man but on his knee, 
 She Duchess of Brabant one day will be, 
 Or rule Sardinia, or the Flemish crowd 
 She is the Infanta, five years old, and proud. 
 
 Thus is it with kings' children, for they wear 
 A shadowy circlet on their forehead fair; 
 Their tottering steps are towards a kingly chair. 
 C...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

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