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Famous Lien Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...parcel of rogues in a nation!


O would, or I had seen the day
 That Treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay,
 Wi’ Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour,
 I’ll mak this declaration;
We’re bought and sold for English gold—
 Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...t a paidlin’ body, O!
He paidles out, and he paidles in,
 An’ he paidles late and early, O!
This seven lang years I hae lien by his side,
 An’ he is but a fusionless carlie, O.


O haud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife,
 O haud your tongue, now Nansie, O:
I’ve seen the day, and sae hae ye,
 Ye wad na ben sae donsie, O.
I’ve seen the day ye butter’d my brose,
 And cuddl’d me late and early, O;
But downa-do’s come o’er me now,
 And oh, I find it sairly, O!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert
...e common manger? 
Faith puts me there with him, who sweetly took
Our flesh and frailty, death and danger.

If bliss had lien in art or strength, 
None but the wise or strong had gained it: 
Where now by Faith all arms are of a length; 
One size doth all conditions fit.

A peasant may believe as much
As a great Clerk, and reach the highest stature.
Thus dost thou make proud knowledge bend and crouch
While grace fills up uneven nature.

When creatures had no real light
Inherent...Read more of this...
by Herbert, George
...a parcel of rogues in a nation!

O, would or I had seen the day
That treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour,
I'll mak this declaration:
We're bought and sold for English gold— 
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert
...ars deaf by thy fame healed be, 
My vices cur'd by virtues sprung from thee, 
My hopes reviv'd, which long in grave had lien,
All unclean thoughts, foul spirits, cast out in me 
Only by virtue that proceeds from thee....Read more of this...
by Drayton, Michael



...d ye speak, and *bear them wrong on hand,* *make them
For half so boldely can there no man believe falsely*
Swearen and lien as a woman can.
(I say not this by wives that be wise,
*But if* it be when they them misadvise.)* *unless* *act unadvisedly
A wise wife, if that she can* her good, *knows
Shall *beare them on hand* the cow is wood, *make them believe*
And take witness of her owen maid
Of their assent: but hearken how I said.
"Sir olde kaynard,10 is this thine array?
Why...Read more of this...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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