Famous Medio Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Edmundi Trotii Epitaphium

...e infortunio.
Fruit Edmundus Trottuis.
E quatuor masculae stirpis residuus,
Statura justa, Forma virili, specie eximic,
Medio juventutis Robore simul & Flore,
Alpectu, In cessu, sermone juxta amabilis,
Et siquid ultra Cineri pretium addit.
Honesta Diciplina domi imbutus,
Peregre profectus
Generosis Artibus Animum
Et exercitiis Corpus firmaverat.
Circaeam Insulam, Scopulos Sirenum
Praeternavigavit,
Et in hoc naufragio morum & saeculi
Solus perdiderat nihil, auxit plurimum.
Hin...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew


Epigramma in Duos montes Amosclivum Et Bilboreum

...in adversos, facilis cedentibus idem;
Ut credas Montes extimulasse suos.
Hi sunt Alcidae Borealis nempe Columnae,
Quos medio scindit vallis opaca freto.
An potius longe sic prona cacumina nutant,
Parnassus cupiant esse Maria tuus....Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew

I Approach and I Withdraw

...o,
preciso mi destierro,
me desdeñaba más
porque perdiera menos.

    ¡Ay! ¿Quién te enseño, Filis,
tan primoroso medio:
vedar a los desdenes
el traje del afecto?

    A vivir ignorado
de tus luces, me ausento
donde ni aun mi mal sirva
a tu desdén de obsequio.

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I Approach and I Withdraw (English)

    I approach, and I withdraw:
who but I could find
absence in the eyes,
presence in what's far?

    From the scorn of Phyllis,
now, alas, I mu...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

Phyllis

...o,
preciso mi destierro,
me desdeñaba más
porque perdiera menos.

    ¡Ay! ¿Quién te enseño, Filis,
tan primoroso medio:
vedar a los desdenes
el traje del afecto?

    A vivir ignorado
de tus luces, me ausento
donde ni aun mi mal sirva
a tu desdén de obsequio.

Top of page
I Approach and I Withdraw (English)

    I approach, and I withdraw:
who but I could find
absence in the eyes,
presence in what's far?

    From the scorn of Phyllis,
now, alas, I mu...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

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