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Famous Insolvent Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...s the one that does not stay --
Its occupant must die
Or out of sight of estimate
Ascend incessantly --
Or be that most insolvent thing
A Lightning in the Germ --
Electrical the embryo
But we demand the Flame...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily



...ie --

At least -- 'tis Mutual -- Risk --
Some -- found it -- Mutual Gain --
Sweet Debt of Life -- Each Night to owe --
Insolvent -- every Noon --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily
...know my life
 Is all too short to pay the least I owe,
And though I live it all in that sweet strife,
 Still shall I be insolvent when I go.
Bid, then, thy Bailiff Cupid come to me
 And bind and lead me wheresoe’er thou art,
And let me live in sweet captivity
 Within the debtor’s prison of thy heart....Read more of this...
by Butler, Ellis Parker

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