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Famous Oiling Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Masefield, John
...starving, scraping, hoarding 
To see if Sue, the prentice lean, 
Dares to touch the margarine. 
Fawning, cringing, oiling boots, 
Raging in the crowd's pursuits, 
Flinging stones at all the Stephens, 
Standing firm with all the evens 
Making hell for all the odd, 
All the lonely ones of God, 
Those poor lonely ones who find 
Dogs more mild than human kind. 
For dogs," I said, "are nobles born 
To most of you, you cockled corn. 
I've known dogs to leave their dinn...Read more of this...



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