Famous Passé Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Regret

by Victor Hugo
 ("Oui, le bonheur bien vite a passé.") 
 
 {Bk. V. ii., February, 1821.} 


 Yes, Happiness hath left me soon behind! 
 Alas! we all pursue its steps! and when 
 We've sunk to rest within its arms entwined, 
 Like the Phoenician virgin, wake, and find 
 Ourselves alone again. 
 
 Then, through the distant future's...Read more of this...

Le Pont Mirabeau

by Guillaume Apollinaire
 Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
Et nos amours
Faut-il qu'il m'en souvienne
La joie venait toujours après la peine.

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

Les mains dans les mains restons face à face
Tandis que sous
Le pont de nos bras passe
Des éternels regards l'onde si lasse

Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

L'amour s'en va comme...Read more of this...

Les non et les zéro

by Dimitris P Kraniotis
 La nuit
qui a suicidé
les moments infinis
que je voudrais vivre,
a passé
sans que j’allume
la bougie
que je voudrais
qu’elle chauffe
les «non» et les «zéro»....Read more of this...

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