Famous Hieronymus Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Jerome

by Randall Jarrell
 Each day brings its toad, each night its dragon.
Der heilige Hieronymus--his lion is at the zoo--
Listens, listens. All the long, soft, summer day
Dreams affright his couch, the deep boils like a pot.
As the sun sets, the last patient rises,
Says to him, Father, trembles, turns away.

Often, to the lion, the saint said, Son.
To the man the saint says--but the man...Read more of this...

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