Famous Harangue Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Harangue poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous harangue poems. These examples illustrate what a famous harangue poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Burns, Robert
...f was brewin;
An’ like a godly, elect bairn,
He’s waled us out a true ane,
And sound, this day.
Now Robertson 9 harangue nae mair,
But steek your gab for ever;
Or try the wicked town of Ayr,
For there they’ll think you clever;
Or, nae reflection on your lear,
Ye may commence a shaver;
Or to the Netherton 10 repair,
An’ turn a carpet weaver
Aff-hand this day.
Mu’trie 11 and you were just a match,
We never had sic twa drones;
Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk w...Read more of this...
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Petrarch, Francesco
...avenly rayOf genius lights, exert its powers sublime,And or in bold harangue, or burning rhyme,Point the proud prize and fan the generous flame.If Orpheus and Amphion credit claim,Legends of distant time,Less marvel 'twere, if, at thy earnest call,Italia, with her children, should awake,Read more of this...
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Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...e
And slander, die. Better not be at all
Than not be noble. Leave us: you may go:
Today the Lady Psyche will harangue
The fresh arrivals of the week before;
For they press in from all the provinces,
And fill the hive.'
She spoke, and bowing waved
Dismissal: back again we crost the court
To Lady Psyche's: as we entered in,
There sat along the forms, like morning doves
That sun their milky bosoms on the thatch,
A patient range of pupils; she herself
Ere...Read more of this...
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Cowper, William
...she wear her plum'd
And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace,
Or do we grind her still? The grand debate,
The popular harangue, the tart reply,
The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit,
And the loud laugh--I long to know them all;
I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free,
And give them voice and utt'rance once again.
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,
And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
Throws up a stea...Read more of this...
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