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Famous Methuselah Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Bradstreet, Anne
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67 And calls back months and years that long since fled.
68 It makes a man more aged in conceit
69 Than was Methuselah or's grand-sire great,
70 While of their persons and their acts his mind doth treat. 

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71 Sometimes in Eden fair he seems to be,
72 See glorious Adam there made Lord of all,
73 Fancies the Apple dangle on the Tree
74 That turn'd his Sovereign to a naked thrall,
75 Who like a miscreant's driven from that place
76 To get his bread with pain...Read more of this...



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