Famous Lavishing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Late Summer

by Edwin Arlington Robinson
 (ALCAICS)


Confused, he found her lavishing feminine 
Gold upon clay, and found her inscrutable; 
And yet she smiled. Why, then, should horrors 
Be as they were, without end, her playthings? 

And why were dead years hungrily telling her 
Lies of the dead, who told them again to her? 
If now she knew, there might be kindness 
Clamoring yet where a...Read more of this...

Yvonne Of Brittany

by Ernest Dowson
 In your mother's apple-orchard,
Just a year ago, last spring:
Do you remember, Yvonne!
The dear trees lavishing
Rain of their starry blossoms
To make you a coronet?
Do you ever remember, Yvonne,
As I remember yet?

In your mother's apple-orchard,
When the world was left behind:
You were shy, so shy, Yvonne!
But your eyes were calm and kind.
We spoke of the apple harvest,
When the cider press is set,
And...Read more of this...

From 'Later Life'

by Christina Rossetti
 VI
We lack, yet cannot fix upon the lack: 
Not this, nor that; yet somewhat, certainly. 
We see the things we do not yearn to see 
Around us: and what see we glancing back? 
Lost hopes that leave our hearts upon the rack, 
Hopes that were never ours yet seem’d to be, 
For which we steer’d on life’s salt stormy...Read more of this...

Reflection On Caution

by Ogden Nash
 Affection is a noble quality;
It leads to generosity and jollity.
But it also leads to breach of promise
If you go around lavishing it on red-hot momise....Read more of this...

That grace and favour at the first, what meant it?

by Omar Khayyam
That grace and favour at the first, what meant it?
That lavishing of joy and peace, what meant it?
But now thy purpose is to grieve my heart;
What did I do to cause this change? What meant it?...Read more of this...

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