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Famous Incurred Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...es not
he will bide to see his burg within
as ward for his wealth, now the one has found
doom of death that the deed incurred.
Forlorn he looks on the lodge of his son,
wine-hall waste and wind-swept chambers
reft of revel. The rider sleepeth,
the hero, far-hidden; {32d} no harp resounds,
in the courts no wassail, as once was heard.



XXXIII

“THEN he goes to his chamber, a grief-song chants
alone for his lost. Too large all seems,
homestead and house. So the...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,



...ht to have still remembered, 
The high injunction, not to taste that fruit, 
Whoever tempted; which they not obeying, 
(Incurred what could they less?) the penalty; 
And, manifold in sin, deserved to fall. 
Up into Heaven from Paradise in haste 
The angelick guards ascended, mute, and sad, 
For Man; for of his state by this they knew, 
Much wondering how the subtle Fiend had stolen 
Entrance unseen. Soon as the unwelcome news 
From Earth arrived at Heaven-gate, displeased 
Al...Read more of this...
by Milton, John
...arid delight
If Contentment accrue
Make an abstemious Ecstasy
Not so good as joy --

But Rapture's Expense
Must not be incurred
With a tomorrow knocking
And the Rent unpaid --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily
...leet its anchor stirred.  Green fields before us and our native shore,  By fever, from polluted air incurred,  Ravage was made, for which no knell was heard.  Fondly we wished, and wished away, nor knew,  'Mid that long sickness, and those hopes deferr'd,  That happier days we never more must view:  The parting signal streamed, at last the land withdrew.   But from delay the summer calms we...Read more of this...
by Wordsworth, William

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