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Famous Live Down Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...earts. 
And blessd be the King, who hath forgiven 
My wickedness to him, and left me hope 
That in mine own heart I can live down sin 
And be his mate hereafter in the heavens 
Before high God. Ah great and gentle lord, 
Who wast, as is the conscience of a saint 
Among his warring senses, to thy knights-- 
To whom my false voluptuous pride, that took 
Full easily all impressions from below, 
Would not look up, or half-despised the height 
To which I would not or I could not c...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



...gravel! 
O the smooth stream! 

Sailing blossoms, silver fishes, 
Pave pools as clear as air-- 
How a child wishes 
To live down there! 

We can see our colored faces 
Floating on the shaken pool 
Down in cool places, 
Dim and very cool; 

Till a wind or water wrinkle, 
Dipping marten, plumping trout, 
Spreads in a twinkle 
And blots all out. 

See the rings pursue each other; 
All below grows black as night, 
Just as if mother 
Had blown out the light! 

Patience, children,...Read more of this...
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
...ut before the sunflower. 

O Love, Love, Love, the kingly sunflower! 
Shall he the sun hath looked on look on me, 
That live down here in shade, out of the sun, 
Here living in the sorrow and shadow of death? 
Shall he that feeds his heart full of the day 
Care to give mine eyes light, or my lips breath? 
Because she loves him, shall my lord love her 
Who is as a worm in my lord's kingly way? 
I shall not see him or know him alive or dead; 
But thou, I know thee, O Love, and ...Read more of this...
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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