Famous Hobbles Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Sea Song

...She is old and bent With a pack On her back. Her tears all
spent, Her voice, just a crack. With an old thorn stick She hobbles along,
And a crazy song Now slow, now quick, Wheeks in her throat. And every day
While there's light on the shore She searches for something; Her withered
claw Tumbles the seaweed; She pokes in each shell Groping and mumbling
Until the night Deepens and darkens, And covers her quite, And bids her be
silent, And bids her be still. The ghostly feet Of ...Read more of this...
by Mansfield, Katherine


Taking His Chance

...hen ran to the trees where he'd hobbled his horse. 

She ran to the gate, and the troopers were there -- 
The jingle of hobbles came faint on the air -- 
Then loudly she screamed: it was only to drown 
The treacherous clatter of slip-rails let down. 
But troopers are sharp, and she saw at a glance 
That someone was taking a desperate chance. 

They chased, and they shouted, `Surrender, Jack Dean!' 
They called him three times in the name of the Queen. 
Then came from the dark...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry

The Goat And I

...ive the lot
 Yet left to me,
To chew a thistle and not choke,
 But bright of eye
Gaze at the old world-weary bloke
 Who hobbles by.

Alas! though bards make verse sublime,
 And lines to quote,
It takes a fool like me to rhyme
 About a goat....Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Idiot Boy

...and her boy,  Wind slowly through the woody dale;  And who is she, be-times abroad,  That hobbles up the steep rough road?  Who is it, but old Susan Gale?   Long Susan lay deep lost in thought,  And many dreadful fears beset her,  Both for her messenger and nurse;  And as her mind grew worse and worse,  Her body it grew better.   She turned, she toss'd herself in ...Read more of this...
by Wordsworth, William

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