Famous Passiveness Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Passiveness poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous passiveness poems. These examples illustrate what a famous passiveness poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Wordsworth, William
... Which of themselves our minds impress, That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." "Think you, mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking?" "—Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old grey stone,...Read more of this...
by
Lowell, Amy
...passed, Paul worked in fevered haste,
And everything he made he placed
Before his lady. The Shadow kept
Its perfect passiveness. Paul wept.
He wooed her with the work of his hands,
He waited for those dear commands
She never gave. No word, no motion,
Eased the ache of his devotion.
His days passed in a strain of toil,
His nights burnt up in a seething coil.
Seasons shot by, uncognisant
He worked. The Shadow came to haunt
Even his days. Sometime...Read more of this...
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Hardy, Thomas
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We smiled upon each other then,
And life to me had less
Of that fell look it wore ere when
They owned their passiveness....Read more of this...
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