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Famous Lady Friend Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Service, Robert William
...cry.
But Jones, whose wife is young
 And pretty too,
Winced when that bird gave tongue:
 Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

I have a lady friend
 Whom I would wed,
For dalliance should end
 In bridal bed.
Until the thought occurred:
 Can she be true?
And then I heard that bird:
 Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Though ignorance is bliss
 And love be blind,
Faithless may be the kiss
 Of womankind.
So now sweet echoes mock
 My wish to woo:
Confound that cursed clock!
 Cuckoo! Cuckoo!...Read more of this...



by Service, Robert William
...wretched fetter;
That after all you're just a small
Fat-headed verse-begetter;
You'd balance me upon your knee
Like any lady friend,
Then with a sigh you'd lay me by
For weeks and weeks on end.

"I've known when you were mighty blue
And hammered me till dawn,
Dire poverty! But I would be
The last thing you would pawn.
Days debt-accurst! Then at its worst
The sky, behold, would clear;
A poem sold, the garret cold
Would leap to light and cheer.

"You've toted me by ...Read more of this...

by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
...ROSALIND, HELEN, and her Child.

SCENE. The Shore of the Lake of Como.

HELEN
Come hither, my sweet Rosalind.
'T is long since thou and I have met;
And yet methinks it were unkind
Those moments to forget.
Come, sit by me. I see thee stand
By this lone lake, in this far land,
Thy loose hair in the light wind flying,
Thy sweet voice t...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...s I left a-lyin' there,
 Red there, and dead there. . . . Oh blimy, it's a shame!

A-singin' "'Oo's Yer Lady Friend?" we started out from 'Arver,
 A-singin' till our froats was dry -- we didn't care a 'ang;
The Frenchies 'ow they lined the way, and slung us their palaver,
 And all we knowed to arnser was the one word "vang";
They gave us booze and caporal, and cheered for us like crazy,
 And all the pretty gels was out to kiss us as we passed;
And 'ow they all...Read more of this...

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