Famous Ife Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Ife poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous ife poems. These examples illustrate what a famous ife poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Jonson, Ben
...was her wit ; A nd, like nectar, ever flowing : T ill time, strong by her bestowing, C onquer'd hath both life and it ; L ife, whose grief was out of fashion I n these times. Few so have rued F ate in a brother. To conclude, F or wit, feature, and true passion, E arth, thou hast not such another.[ AJ Note: Margaret Ratcliffe was one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting. She wasted away from grief in ...Read more of this...
by
Kipling, Rudyard
...(And England was crowned thereby!)
Which never shall close again
By day nor yet by night,
While man shall take his ife to stake
At risk of shoal or main
(By day nor yet by night)
But standeth even so
As now we witness here,
While men depart, of joyful heart,
Adventure for to know
(As now bear witness here!)
II
We have fed our sea for a thousand years
And she calls us, still unfed,
Tbough there's never a wave of all her waves
But marks our English dead:
We hav...Read more of this...
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