Famous Leadeth Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The LORD Is My Shepherd

by The Bible
Psalm 23

1 	The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 	He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
        	
he leadeth me beside the still waters. Rev. 7.17
3 	He restoreth my soul:
        	
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 	Yea,...Read more of this...

Americanisation

by G K Chesterton
 Britannia needs no Boulevards,
No spaces wide and gay:
Her march was through the crooked streets
Along the narrow way.
Nor looks she where, New York's seduction,
The Broadway leadeth to destruction.

Britannia needs no Cafes:
If Coffee needs must be,
Its place should be the Coffee-house
Where Johnson growled for Tea;
But who can hear that human mountain
Growl for an ice-cream soda-fountain?

She needs no Russian Theatrey
Mere Father strangles...Read more of this...

Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving

by William Morris
 Love is enough: ho ye who seek saving,
Go no further; come hither; there have been who have found it,
And these know the House of Fulfilment of Craving;
These know the Cup with the roses around it;
These know the World's Wound and the balm that hath bound it:
Cry out, the World heedeth not, 'Love, lead us home!' 

He leadeth, He hearkeneth,...Read more of this...

June Dreams In January

by Sidney Lanier
 "So pulse, and pulse, thou rhythmic-hearted Noon
That liest, large-limbed, curved along the hills,
In languid palpitation, half a-swoon
With ardors and sun-loves and subtle thrills;

"Throb, Beautiful! while the fervent hours exhale
As kisses faint-blown from thy finger-tips
Up to the sun, that turn him passion-pale
And then as red as any virgin's lips.

"O tender Darkness, when June-day hath ceased,
-- Faint Odor from the day-flower's...Read more of this...

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