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Famous Lissom Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...tten son,
Some twenty summers old: as fair
As any flower that blossomed there
In sun and rain, and strong therewith
And lissom as a willow withe.
Now through these woods amidst of June
This youngling went until at noon
From out of the thicket his fair face
Peered forth upon this very place;
For he had been a-hunting nigh
And wearied thought a while to lie
Beside the freshness of the stream.
But lo as in a morning dream
The place was changed, for there was dight
A fair pavilio...Read more of this...
by Morris, William



...have felt a bite,
I lost all heart for everything." She stood,
Supple and strong, beside him, and her blood
Tingled her lissom body to a glow.

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She quickly seized the fish and with a stone Ended 
its flurry, then removed the hook,
Untied the fly with well-poised fingers. Done, She 
asked him where he kept his fishing-book.
He pointed to a coat flung on the ground. She searched the 
pockets, found a shagreen case,
Replaced the fly, noticed a golden stamp Filling 
the middl...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy
...those flowers were singing 
For joy of the clean air, 
As if you saw them springing 
To dance the breeze, so fair 
The lissom bodies swinging, 
So light the flung-back hair.
And through the mind enchanted 
A happy river goes 
By its own young carol haunted 
And bringing where it flows 
What all in the world has wanted 
And who in this world knows?...Read more of this...
by Binyon, Laurence
...r),
To doubt if when we die in sin
 Our bodies grill forever.
Now I've more surface space to burn,
 Since I am tall and lissom,
I think it's hell enough to learn
 The Shorter Catechism....Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William
...ng forest shakes and swings with glancing 
Of boughs that dip and strain; young, slanting sprays 
Beckon and shift like lissom creatures dancing, 
While the blown beechwood streams with drifting rays. 
Rooted in steadfast calm, grey stems are seen
Like weather-beaten masts; the wood, unfurled, 
Seems as a ship with crowding sails of green 
That sweeps across the lonely billowing world. 

O luminous and lovely! Let your flowers, 
Your ageless-squadroned wings, your surge and g...Read more of this...
by Sassoon, Siegfried



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