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Famous Jad Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...w.
 The weary pund, &c.


At last her feet—I sang to see’t!
 Gaed foremost o’er the knowe,
And or I wad anither jad,
 I’ll wallop in a tow.
 The weary pund, &c....Read more of this...



by Burns, Robert
...ght or less—
 The deil tak his taste to gae near her!
He up the Gate-slack to my black cousin, Bess—
 Guess ye how, the jad! I could bear her, could bear her;
 Guess ye how, the jad! I could bear her.


But a’ the niest week, as I petted wi’ care,
 I gaed to the tryst o’ Dalgarnock;
But wha but my fine fickle wooer was there,
 I glowr’d as I’d seen a warlock, a warlock,
 I glowr’d as I’d seen a warlock.


But owre my left shouther I gae him a blink,
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by Burns, Robert
...made Canaan a ******;
Or Phineas 6 drove the murdering blade,
 Wi’ whore-abhorring rigour;
Or Zipporah, 7 the scauldin jad,
 Was like a bluidy tiger
 I’ th’ inn that day.


There, try his mettle on the creed,
 An’ bind him down wi’ caution,
That stipend is a carnal weed
 He taks by for the fashion;
And gie him o’er the flock, to feed,
 And punish each transgression;
Especial, rams that cross the breed,
 Gie them sufficient threshin;
 Spare them nae day.


Now, auld K...Read more of this...

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