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Famous Inhumanity Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ll we make ourselves,
 Regret, remorse, and shame!
And man, whose heav’n-erected face
 The smiles of love adorn,—
Man’s inhumanity to man
 Makes countless thousands mourn!


“See yonder poor, o’erlabour’d wight,
 So abject, mean, and vile,
Who begs a brother of the earth
 To give him leave to toil;
And see his lordly fellow-worm
 The poor petition spurn,
Unmindful, tho’ a weeping wife
 And helpless offspring mourn.


“If I’m design’d yon lordling’s slave,
 By Nature’s law des...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...n kinds cling to earthly things, but I seek ever to embrace the torch of love so it will purify me by its fire and sear inhumanity from my heart. 

Substantial things deaden a man without suffering; love awakens him with enlivening pains. 

Humans are divided into different clans and tribes, and belong to countries and towns. But I find myself a stranger to all communities and belong to no settlement. The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe. 

Men are weak...Read more of this...
by Gibran, Kahlil
...As when with the daring 
Last look of despairing 
Fix'd on futurity. 

Perishing gloomily, 
Spurr'd by contumely, 
Cold inhumanity, 
Burning insanity, 
Into her rest.— 
Cross her hands humbly 
As if praying dumbly, 
Over her breast! 

Owning her weakness, 
Her evil behaviour, 
And leaving, with meekness, 
Her sins to her Saviour!...Read more of this...
by Hood, Thomas

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