Famous Gyve Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Gareth And Lynette

...King! even that thou grant her none, 
This railer, that hath mocked thee in full hall-- 
None; or the wholesome boon of gyve and gag.' 

But Arthur, 'We sit King, to help the wronged 
Through all our realm. The woman loves her lord. 
Peace to thee, woman, with thy loves and hates! 
The kings of old had doomed thee to the flames, 
Aurelius Emrys would have scourged thee dead, 
And Uther slit thy tongue: but get thee hence-- 
Lest that rough humour of the kings of old 
Return u...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord


Paralysis

...le bars, or emptily
Laugh in my great loneliness.
And still in the white neat bed I strive
Most impotently against that gyve;
Being less now than a thought, even,
To you alone with your hills and heaven....Read more of this...
by Brooke, Rupert

Portrait of the Artist

...Oh, lead me to a quiet cell
Where never footfall rankles,
And bar the window passing well,
And gyve my wrists and ankles.

Oh, wrap my eyes with linen fair,
With hempen cord go bind me,
And, of your mercy, leave me there,
Nor tell them where to find me.

Oh, lock the portal as you go,
And see its bolts be double....
Come back in half an hour or so,
And I will be in trouble....Read more of this...
by Parker, Dorothy

The Lady of the Lake

...ded hospital beholds it stream;
     The ruined maiden trembles at its gleam,
         The debtor wakes to thought of gyve and jail,
     'The love-lore wretch starts from tormenting dream:
         The wakeful mother, by the glimmering pale,
     Trims her sick infant's couch, and soothes his feeble wail.
     II.

     At dawn the towers of Stirling rang
     With soldier-step and weapon-clang,
     While drums with rolling note foretell
     Relief to weary sent...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

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