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Famous Parle Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...the siller, it is sae prevailin’,
And wae on the love that is fixed on a mailen!
A tocher’s nae word in a true lover’s parle,
But gie me my love, and a fig for the warl’!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...w? 
Yes, and those of heaven commune 
With the spheres of sun and moon; 
With the noise of fountains wondrous, 
And the parle of voices thund'rous; 
With the whisper of heaven's trees 
And one another, in soft ease 
Seated on Elysian lawns 
Browsed by none but Dian's fawns; 
Underneath large blue-bells tented, 
Where the daisies are rose-scented, 
And the rose herself has got 
Perfume which on earth is not; 
Where the nightingale doth sing 
Not a senseless, tranced thing, 
Bu...Read more of this...
by Keats, John
...e thy utmost force, 
And join him named Almighty to thy aid, 
I fly not, but have sought thee far and nigh. 
They ended parle, and both addressed for fight 
Unspeakable; for who, though with the tongue 
Of Angels, can relate, or to what things 
Liken on earth conspicuous, that may lift 
Human imagination to such highth 
Of Godlike power? for likest Gods they seemed, 
Stood they or moved, in stature, motion, arms, 
Fit to decide the empire of great Heaven. 
Now waved their fie...Read more of this...
by Milton, John
....
Good reason, then, if I beforehand seek
To understand my adversary, who
And what he is; his wisdom, power, intent;
By parle or composition, truce or league,
To win him, or win from him what I can. 
And opportunity I here have had
To try thee, sift thee, and confess have found thee
Proof against all temptation, as a rock
Of adamant and as a centre, firm
To the utmost of mere man both wise and good,
Not more; for honours, riches, kingdoms, glory,
Have been before contemned, a...Read more of this...
by Milton, John
...wer; 
The narrow way; 
Transplanted Paradise; God's walking hour; 
The Cool o'th' day; 
The Creatures' _Jubilee_; God's parle with dust; 
Heaven here; Man on the hills of Myrrh, and flowers; 
Angels descending; the Returns of Trust; 
A Gleam of glory, after six-days'-showers. 

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The Church's love-feasts; Time's Prerogative, 
And Interest 
Deducted from the whole; The Combs, and hive, 
And home of rest. 
The milky way chalked out with suns; a clue 
That guides through errin...Read more of this...
by Vaughan, Henry



...ed the scouts 
With rumour of Prince Arab hard at hand. 
We left her by the woman, and without 
Found the gray kings at parle: and 'Look you' cried 
My father 'that our compact be fulfilled: 
You have spoilt this child; she laughs at you and man: 
She wrongs herself, her sex, and me, and him: 
But red-faced war has rods of steel and fire; 
She yields, or war.' 
Then Gama turned to me: 
'We fear, indeed, you spent a stormy time 
With our strange girl: and yet they say that sti...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...Balzac writing against the clock

A Baudelaire writing against the bailiff’s knock

A Val?ry in the throes of ‘Narcisse Parle’.



When a far clock chimes you sigh and set aside the page:

There is no telephone to ring or call: I am distant and sick,

Frail as an old stick

Our spirits rise and fall like the barometer’s needle

Jerk at a finger tapping on glass

Flashbacks or inspiration cry out at memory loss.

You peer through a magnifying glass at the typeface

Your knuckl...Read more of this...
by Tebb, Barry

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