Famous Jack And Jill Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Jack And Jill

by Mother Goose
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
  To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
  And Jill came tumbling after.

Then up Jack got and off did trot,
  As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
  With vinegar and brown paper....Read more of this...

To A Young Beauty

by William Butler Yeats
 Dear fellow-artist, why so free
With every sort of company,
With every Jack and Jill?
Choose your companions from the best;
Who draws a bucket with the rest
Soon topples down the hill.

You may, that mirror for a school,
Be passionate, not bountiful
As common beauties may,
Who were not born to keep in trim
With old Ezekiel's cherubim
But those of Beauvarlet.

I know what wages beauty gives,
How hard...Read more of this...

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