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Famous Licit Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Nicolson, Adela Florence Cory
...of the cultured Damask Rose,
   Drifts away to the tangled copse, where the wild Anemone grows;
   So the ordered and licit love ashore, is hardly fresh and free
   As this light love in the open wind and salt of the outer sea.

   So sweet you are, with your tinted cheeks and your small caressive hands,
   What if I carried you home with me, where our Golden Temple stands?
   Yet, this were folly indeed; to bind, in fetters of permanence,
   A passing dream whose enc...Read more of this...



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