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Famous Heart Swells Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...d smile to have thought me 
Aught save the foeman of death.

Come to me, brother, when weary, 
Come when thy lonely heart swells; 
I'll guide thy footsteps and lead thee 
Down where the Dream Woman dwells....Read more of this...



by Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...e and smile to have thought me
Aught save the foeman of Death.
Come to me, brother, when weary,
Come when thy lonely heart swells;
I 'll guide thy footsteps and lead thee
Down where the Dream Woman dwells.
...Read more of this...

by Aiken, Conrad
...queen.

Her eyes, he says, are stars at dusk, 
Her mouth as sweet as red-rose musk; 
And when she dances his young heart swells 
With flutes and viols and silver bells; 
His brain is dizzy, his senses swim, 
When she slants her ragtime eyes at him. . .

Moonlight shadows, he bids her see, 
Move no more silently than she. 
It was this way, he says, she came, 
Into his cold heart, bearing flame. 
And now that his heart is all on fire 
Will she refuse hi...Read more of this...

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