Famous Mim Poems by Famous Poets

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

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131. Song—Willie Chalmers

...n holy palmers;
Nae wonder then they’ve fatal been
 To honest Willie Chalmers.


I doubt na fortune may you shore
 Some mim-mou’d pouther’d priestie,
Fu’ lifted up wi’ Hebrew lore,
 And band upon his breastie:
But oh! what signifies to you
 His lexicons and grammars;
The feeling heart’s the royal blue,
 And that’s wi’ Willie Chalmers.


Some gapin’, glowrin’ countra laird
 May warsle for your favour;
May claw his lug, and straik his beard,
 And hoast up some palaver:
My bonie...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


296. The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad

...efuse,
 At strife thir Carlins fell;
For some had Gentlefolks to please,
 And some wad please themsel’.


Then out spak mim-mou’d Meg o’ Nith,
 And she spak up wi’ pride,
And she wad send the Soger youth,
 Whatever might betide.


For the auld Gudeman o’ London court 4
 She didna care a pin;
But she wad send the Soger youth,
 To greet his eldest son. 5


Then up sprang Bess o’ Annandale,
 And a deadly aith she’s ta’en,
That she wad vote the Border Knight,
 Though she should v...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

68. The Holy Fair

...nostrum;
For Peebles, 5 frae the water-fit,
 Ascends the holy rostrum:
See, up he’s got, the word o’ God,
 An’ meek an’ mim has view’d it,
While Common-sense has taen the road,
 An’ aff, an’ up the Cowgate 6
 Fast, fast that day.


Wee Miller 7 neist the guard relieves,
 An’ Orthodoxy raibles,
Tho’ in his heart he weel believes,
 An’ thinks it auld wives’ fables:
But faith! the birkie wants a manse,
 So, cannilie he hums them;
Altho’ his carnal wit an’ sense
 Like hafflins-wi...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

Ser poeta

...e cetim...
É condensar o mundo num só grito!

E é amar-te, assim, perdidamente...
É seres alma, e sangue, e vida em mim
E dizê-lo cantando a toda a gente!...Read more of this...
by Espanca, Florbela

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