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Famous Potable Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...a limbeck to his native form. 
What wonder then if fields and regions here 
Breathe forth Elixir pure, and rivers run 
Potable gold, when with one virtuous touch 
The arch-chemick sun, so far from us remote, 
Produces, with terrestrial humour mixed, 
Here in the dark so many precious things 
Of colour glorious, and effect so rare? 
Here matter new to gaze the Devil met 
Undazzled; far and wide his eye commands; 
For sight no obstacle found here, nor shade, 
But all sun-shine...Read more of this...
by Milton, John



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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry