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Famous Leashes Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Hugo, Victor
...ew in my mind 
 Till I was Caesar—she that crownèd leopard 
 He crouched behind, 
 No Roman stern, but in her silken leashes 
 A captive mild— 
 Oh! this chill wind, etc. 
 
 "Yet dance and sing, tho' night be thickly falling;— 
 In selfsame time 
 Poor Sabine heard in ecstasy the calling, 
 In winning rhyme, 
 Of Saldane's earl so noble, ay, and wealthy, 
 Name e'er reviled— 
 Oh! this chill wind, etc. 
 
 "(Let me upon this bench be shortly resting, 
 So wea...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...o the post for the second 
And principal heat of the day. 

They're off and away with a rattle, 
Like dogs from the leashes let slip, 
And right at the back of the battle 
He followed them under the whip. 
They gained ten good lengths on him quickly 
He dropped right away from the pack; 
I tell you it made me feel sickly 
To see the blue jacket fall back. 

Our very last hope had departed -- 
We thought the old fellow was done, 
When all of a sudden he started 
To...Read more of this...

by Bishop, Elizabeth
...e is a chimney, 
askew, but braced with wires, 
and electricity, possibly 
--at least, at the back another wire 
limply leashes the whole affair 
to something off behind the dunes. 
A light to read by--perfect! But--impossible. 
And that day the wind was much too cold 
even to get that far, 
and of course the house was boarded up. 

On the way back our faces froze on the other side. 
The sun came out for just a minute. 
For just a minute, set in their beze...Read more of this...

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