Famous Obit Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Obit poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous obit poems. These examples illustrate what a famous obit poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Service, Robert William
...Obit 23rd April 1616
Is it not strange that on this common date,
Two titans of their age, aye of all Time,
Together should renounce this mortal state,
And rise like gods, unsullied and sublime?
Should mutually render up the ghost,
And hand n hand join Jove's celestial host?
What wondrous welcome from the scribes on high!
Homer and Virgil would be waiting t...Read more of this...
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Khayyam, Omar
...When I am dead, with wine my body lave,
For obit chant a bacchanalian stave,
And, if you need me at the day of doom,
Beneath the tavern threshold seek my grave....Read more of this...
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