Famous Messes Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Gawain and the Green Knight

...xez in vche a won in worlde for his sake;
So did hit there on that day thurygh dayntŽs mony:
Bothe at mes and at mele messes ful quaynt
Derf men vpon dece drest of the best.
The olde auncian wyf heyghest ho syttez,
The lorde lufly her by lent, as I trowe;
Gawan and the gay burde togeder thay seten,
Euen inmyddez, as the messe metely come,
And sythen thurygh al the sale as hem best semed.
Bi vche grome at his degrŽ graythely watz serued
Ther watz mete, ther watz myrt...Read more of this...
by Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)


LAllegro

...es
From betwixt two aged oaks,
Where Corydon and Thyrsis met
Are at their savoury dinner set
Of herbs and other country messes,
Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses;
And then in haste her bower she leaves,
With Thestylis to bind the sheaves;
Or, if the earlier season lead,
To the tanned haycock in the mead.
Sometimes, with secure delight,
The upland hamlets will invite,
When the merry bells ring round,
And the jocund rebecks sound
To many a youth and many a maid
Dancing in t...Read more of this...
by Milton, John

Priscilla

...ead
So the convoy can't get through!
A barrage of shrap, and us alone;
Four rush-cases -- you hear 'em moan?
Fierce old messes of blood and bone. . . .
Priscilla, what shall we do?"

Again it seems that Priscilla hears.
With a rush and a roar her way she clears,
Straight at the hell of flame she steers,
Full at its heart of wrath.
Fury of death and dust and din!
Havoc and horror! She's in, she's in;
She's almost over, she'll win, she'll win!
Woof! Crump! right in the path.

L...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Cremona Violin

...ooks all day, and has no ear
For his wife's singing. Artists must have men;
They need appreciation. But it's *****
What messes people make of their lives, when
They should know more. If Gebnitz finds out, then
His wife will pack. Yes, shut the door at once.
I did not feel it cold, I am a dunce."
Frau Altgelt tied her bonnet on and went
Into the streets. A bright, crisp Autumn wind
Flirted her skirts and hair. A turbulent,
Audacious wind it was, now close behind,
Pushing her b...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

The Loss Of The Eurydice

...that fell capsize,
As half she had righted and hoped to rise
 Death teeming in by her portholes
Raced down decks, round messes of mortals. 

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Then a lurch forward, frigate and men;
'All hands for themselves' the cry ran then;
 But she who had housed them thither
Was around them, bound them or wound them with her. 

 12

Marcus Hare, high her captain,
Kept to her—care-drowned and wrapped in
 Cheer's death, would follow
His charge through the champ-white water-in-a-wallow, ...Read more of this...
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley


The Lost Legion

...fathers they left us their blessing --
 They taught us, and groomed us, and crammed;
But we've shaken the Clubs and the Messes
 To go and find out and be damned
 (Dear boys!),
 To go and get shot and be damned.

So some of us chivvy the slaver,
 And some of us cherish the black,
And some of us hunt on the Oil Coast,
 And some on the Wallaby track:
And some of us drift to Sarawak,
 And some of us drift up The Fly,
And some share our tucker with tigers,
 And some with the gentl...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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