Famous Levant Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Home From Abroad

by Laurie Lee
 Far-fetched with tales of other worlds and ways, 
My skin well-oiled with wines of the Levant, 
I set my face into a filial smile 
To greet the pale, domestic kiss of Kent. 

But shall I never learn? That gawky girl, 
Recalled so primly in my foreign thoughts, 
Becomes again the green-haired queen of love 
Whose wanton form dilates as...Read more of this...

To John Hamilton Reynolds

by John Keats
 O that a week could be an age, and we
Felt parting and warm meeting every week,
Then one poor year a thousand years would be,
The flush of welcome ever on the cheek:
So could we live long life in little space,
So time itself would be annihilate,
So a day's journey in oblivious haze
To serve ourjoys would lengthen and dilate.
O to arrive each...Read more of this...

The Alchemist in the City

by Gerard Manley Hopkins
 My window shews the travelling clouds, 
Leaves spent, new seasons, alter'd sky, 
The making and the melting crowds: 
The whole world passes; I stand by.

They do not waste their meted hours, 
But men and masters plan and build: 
I see the crowning of their towers, 
And happy promises fulfill'd.

And I - perhaps if my intent
Could count on prediluvian age,...Read more of this...

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