Famous Overbrim Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Song

...urage, Kindness, Mirth, 
There is no measure upon earth. 
Nay, they wither, root and stem, 
If an end be set to them. 

Overbrim and overflow, 
If you own heart you would know; 
For the spirit born to bless 
Lives but in its own excess...Read more of this...
by Binyon, Laurence


Bells Pool And Sleep

...Bells overbrim with sound
And spread from cupolas
Out through the shaking air
Endless unbreaking circles
Cool and clear as water.

A stone dropped in the water
Opens the lips of the pool
And starts the unovertaking
Rings, till the pool is full
Of waves as the air of bells.

The deep-sea bell of sleep
Under the pool of the mind
Flowers in concentric circles
Of anni...Read more of this...
by Tessimond, A S J

St. Francis and the Birds

...ree and thatch 
Nests where happy mothers hatch 
Speckled eggs of blue. 

And hath children given: 
When the soft heads overbrim 
The brown nests, then thank ye Him 
In the clouds of heaven. 

Also in your lives 
Live His laws Who loveth you. 
Husbands, be ye kind and true; 
Be home-keeping, wives: 

Love not gossiping; 
Stay at home and keep the nest; 
Fly not here and there in quest 
Of the newest thing. 

Live as brethren live: 
Love be in each heart and mouth; 
Be not env...Read more of this...
by Tynan, Katharine

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