Famous Maws Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Balin and Balan

...efamed 
The cognizance she gave me: here I dwell 
Savage among the savage woods, here die-- 
Die: let the wolves' black maws ensepulchre 
Their brother beast, whose anger was his lord. 
O me, that such a name as Guinevere's, 
Which our high Lancelot hath so lifted up, 
And been thereby uplifted, should through me, 
My violence, and my villainy, come to shame.' 

Thereat she suddenly laughed and shrill, anon 
Sighed all as suddenly. Said Balin to her 
'Is this thy courtesy--to...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord


Birds of Prey

...and tearing without let or pause, 
They flap their hideous wings in grim delight, 
And stuff our gory hearts into their maws....Read more of this...
by McKay, Claude

Endymion: Book II

...er majesty, and front death-pale,
With turrets crown'd. Four maned lions hale
The sluggish wheels; solemn their toothed maws,
Their surly eyes brow-hidden, heavy paws
Uplifted drowsily, and nervy tails
Cowering their tawny brushes. Silent sails
This shadowy queen athwart, and faints away
In another gloomy arch.

 Wherefore delay,
Young traveller, in such a mournful place?
Art thou wayworn, or canst not further trace
The diamond path? And does it indeed end
Abrupt in middle ai...Read more of this...
by Keats, John

Rise O Days

...fic, I sail’d out to sea;
I sail’d through the storm, I was refresh’d by the storm; 
I watch’d with joy the threatening maws of the waves; 
I mark’d the white combs where they career’d so high, curling over; 
I heard the wind piping, I saw the black clouds; 
Saw from below what arose and mounted, (O superb! O wild as my heart, and powerful!)
Heard the continuous thunder, as it bellow’d after the lightning; 
Noted the slender and jagged threads of lightning, as sudden and fast...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Roast Leviathan

...ith hoists and levers, joists and poles,
With knives and cleavers, ropes and saws,
Down the long slopes to the gaping maws,
The angels hasten; hacking and carving,
So nought will be lacking for the starving
Chosen of God, who in frozen wonderment
Realize now what the terrible thunder meant.
How their mouths water while they are looking
At miles of slaughter and sniffing the cooking!
Whiffs of delectable fragrance swim by;
Spice-laden vagrants that float and entice,
...Read more of this...
by Untermeyer, Louis


To A Fallen Elm

...m
And these are knaves that brawl for better laws
And cant of tyranny in stronger powers
Who glut their vile unsatiated maws
And freedoms birthright from the weak devours...Read more of this...
by Clare, John

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