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Famous Lumen Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...Nulla suo nituit tam lucida Stella sub Axe;
Non Ea quae meruit Crimine Nympha Polum.
Ah quoties pavidum demisit conscia Lumen,
Utque suae timuit Parrhasis Ora Deae!
Et, simulet falsa ni Pictor imagine Vultus,
Delia tam similis nec fuit ipsa sibi.
Ni quod inornati Triviae sint forte Capilli,
Sollicita sed buic distribuantur Acu.
Scilicet ut nemo est illa reverentior aequi;
Haud ipsas igitur fert sine Lege Comas.
Gloria sylvarum pariter communis utrique
Est, & perpetuae Virgini...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew



...nor Jew, 
Though well their tongues he knew, 
The living and the dead: 
Learned Erasmus said, 
Hic ’unum Britannicarum 
Lumen et decus literarum.
But oh, Colin Clout! 
How his pen flies about, 
Twiddling and turning, 
Scorching and burning, 
Thrusting and thrumming! 
How it hurries with humming, 
Leaping and running, 
At the tipsy-topsy Tunning 
Of Mistress Eleanor Rumming! 
How for poor Philip Sparrow
Was murdered at Carow, 
How our hearts he does harrow 
Jest and grief ming...Read more of this...
by Graves, Robert

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