Famous Oust Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Lord Lundy

by Hilaire Belloc
 Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career 

Lord Lundy from his earliest years
Was far too freely moved to Tears.
For instance if his Mother said,
"Lundy! It's time to go to Bed!"
He bellowed like a Little Turk.
Or if his father Lord Dunquerque
Said "Hi!" in a Commanding Tone,
"Hi, Lundy! Leave the Cat alone!"
Lord Lundy, letting go...Read more of this...

A Rolling Stone

by Robert William Service
 There's sunshine in the heart of me,
My blood sings in the breeze;
The mountains are a part of me,
I'm fellow to the trees.
My golden youth I'm squandering,
Sun-libertine am I;
A-wandering, a-wandering,
Until the day I die.

I was once, I declare, a Stone-Age man,
 And I roomed in the cool of a cave;
I have known, I will swear, in a new life-span,
 The...Read more of this...

The Superseded

by Thomas Hardy
 I 

As newer comers crowd the fore, 
 We drop behind. 
- We who have laboured long and sore 
 Times out of mind, 
And keen are yet, must not regret 
 To drop behind. 

II 

Yet there are of us some who grieve 
 To go behind; 
Staunch, strenuous souls who scarce believe 
 Their fires declined, 
And...Read more of this...

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