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Famous Occasioned Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Milton, John
...st brought forth 
Light out of darkness! Full of doubt I stand, 
Whether I should repent me now of sin 
By me done, and occasioned; or rejoice 
Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring; 
To God more glory, more good-will to Men 
From God, and over wrath grace shall abound. 
But say, if our Deliverer up to Heaven 
Must re-ascend, what will betide the few 
His faithful, left among the unfaithful herd, 
The enemies of truth? Who then shall guide 
His people, who d...Read more of this...



by von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
...THE Epigrams bearing the title of XENIA were written 
by Goethe and Schiller together, having been first occasioned by 
some violent attacks made on them by some insignificant writers. 
They are extremely numerous, but scarcely any of them could be translated 
into English. Those here given are merely presented as a specimen.

GOD gave to mortals birth,

In his own image too;
Then came Himself to earth,

A mortal kind and true.

 1821.*

BAR...Read more of this...

by Godfrey, Thomas
...From me, my Dear, O seek not to receive
What e'en deep-read Experience cannot give.
We may, indeed, from the Physician's skill
Some Med'cine find to cure the body's ill.
But who e'er found the physic for the soul,
Or made th' affections bend to his controul?
When thro' the blaze of passion objects show
How dark 's the shade! how bright the colours ...Read more of this...

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