Famous Hon Poems by Famous Poets

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

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260. Sketch in Verse inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox

...e not, not I—let the Critics go whistle!


 But now for a Patron whose name and whose glory,
At once may illustrate and honour my story.


 Thou first of our orators, first of our wits;
Yet whose parts and acquirements seem just lucky hits;
With knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong,
No man with the half of ’em e’er could go wrong;
With passions so potent, and fancies so bright,
No man with the half of ’em e’er could go right;
A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


390. Song—A Health to them that's awa

...winna wish gude luck to our cause,
 May never gude luck be their fa’!
 It’s gude to be merry and wise,
 It’s gude to be honest and true;
It’s gude to support Caledonia’s cause,
 And bide by the buff and the blue.


 Here’s a health to them that’s awa,
 Here’s a health to them that’s awa,
Here’s a health to Charlie 1 the chief o’ the clan,
 Altho’ that his band be but sma’!
 May Liberty meet wi’ success!
 May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine i’ the ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

498. Song—For the sake o' Somebody

...heart is sair—I dare na tell,
 My heart is sair for Somebody;
I could wake a winter night
 For the sake o’ Somebody.
 O-hon! for Somebody!
 O-hey! for Somebody!
I could range the world around,
 For the sake o’ Somebody.


Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love,
 O, sweetly smile on Somebody!
Frae ilka danger keep him free,
 And send me safe my Somebody!
 O-hon! for Somebody!
 O-hey! for Somebody!
I wad do—what wad I not?
 For the sake o’ Somebody....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

88. The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer

...age our affairs
 In parliament,
To you a simple poet’s pray’rs
 Are humbly sent.


Alas! my roupit Muse is hearse!
Your Honours’ hearts wi’ grief ’twad pierce,
To see her sittin on her ****
 Low i’ the dust,
And scriechinh out prosaic verse,
 An like to brust!


Tell them wha hae the chief direction,
Scotland an’ me’s in great affliction,
E’er sin’ they laid that curst restriction
 On aqua-vit&æ;
An’ rouse them up to strong conviction,
 An’ move their pity.


Stand forth an’ ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

Death and Burial of Lord Tennyson

...ord Salisbury, who seemed melancholy all the while. 

The chief mourners were all of the Tennyson family,
Including the Hon. Mr and Mrs Hallam Tennyson, and Masters Lionel and Aubrey,
And Mr Arthur Tennyson, and Mr and Mrs Horatio Tennyson;
Also Sir Andrew dark, who was looking woe begone. 

The bottom of the grave was thickly strewn with white roses,
And for such a grave kings will sigh where the poet now reposes;
And many of the wreaths were much observed and commented upon...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz


Hon. Henry Bennett

...It never came into my mind
Until I was ready to die
That Jenny had loved me to death, with malice of heart.
For I was seventy, she was thirty-five,
And I wore myself to a shadow trying to husband
Jenny, rosy Jenny full of the ardor of life.
For all my wisdom and grace of mind
Gave her no delight at all, in very truth,
But ever and anon she spoke of the gia...Read more of this...
by Masters, Edgar Lee

The Hon. Sec

...The flag that hung half-mast today
Seemed animate with being
As if it knew for who it flew
And will no more be seeing.

He loved each corner of the links-
The stream at the eleventh,
The grey-green bents, the pale sea-pinks,
The prospect from the seventh;

To the ninth tee the uphill climb,
A grass and sandy stairway,
And at the top the scent of thyme
And ...Read more of this...
by Betjeman, John

The Inauguration of the University College

...nded a College in Bonnie Dundee. 

Therefore loudly in her praise sing,
And make Dundee with your voices ring,
And give honour to whom honour is due,
Because ladies like her are very few. 

'Twas on the 5th day of October, in the year of 1883,
That the University College was opened in Dundee,
And the opening proceedings were conducted in the College Hall,
In the presence of ladies and gentlemen both great and small. 

Worthy Provost Moncur presided over the meeting,
And recei...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The List of Famous Hats

...ut that's not the hat I have in mind. That was his hat for
show. I am thinking of his private bathing cap, which in all hon-
esty wasn't much different than the one any jerk might buy at a
corner drugstore now, except for two minor eccentricities. The
first one isn't even funny: Simply it was a white rubber bathing
cap, but too small. Napoleon led such a hectic life ever since his
childhood, even farther back than that, that he never had a
chance to buy a new bathing cap and ...Read more of this...
by Taylor, Edward

The List of Famous Hats

...ut that's not the hat I have in mind. That was his hat for
show. I am thinking of his private bathing cap, which in all hon-
esty wasn't much different than the one any jerk might buy at a
corner drugstore now, except for two minor eccentricities. The
first one isn't even funny: Simply it was a white rubber bathing
cap, but too small. Napoleon led such a hectic life ever since his
childhood, even farther back than that, that he never had a
chance to buy a new bathing cap and ...Read more of this...
by Tate, James

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