Famous Nine Out Of Ten Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Nine Out Of Ten poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous nine out of ten poems. These examples illustrate what a famous nine out of ten poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...Ne Rubeam, Pingui donatus Munere
(Horace, Epistles II.i.267)
While you, great patron of mankind, sustain
The balanc'd world, and open all the main;
Your country, chief, in arms abroad defend,
At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend;
How shall the Muse, from such a monarch steal
An hour, and not defraud the public weal?
Edward and Henry, now the boast o...Read more of this...
by
Pope, Alexander
...One, he loves; two, he loves;Three, he loves, they say;Four, he loves with all his heart;Five, he casts away.Six, he loves; seven, she loves;Eight, they both love.Nine, he comes; ten, he tarries;Eleven, he courts; twelve, he marries....Read more of this...
by
Goose, Mother
...ff, and some believ'd
That sinners were themselves deceiv'd;
And taking Monks for more than men
They prov'd themselves, nine out of ten,
Mere dupes of these Old Fathers hoary;
But read--and mark the story.
Near, in a little Farm, there liv'd
A buxom Dame of twenty three;
And by the neighbours 'twas believ'd
A very Saint was She!
Yet, ev'ry week, for some transgression,
She went to sigh devout confession.
For ev'ry trifle seem'd to make
Her self-reproving Conscience ache;
And...Read more of this...
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Robinson, Mary Darby
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