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Famous Predilection Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Ransom, John Crowe
...days in our section 
Are the most used-up thing on earth 
(Or in the waters under the earth) 
Having no more color nor predilection 
Than cornstalks too wet for the fire, 
A ribbon rotting on the byre, 
A man's face as weathered as straw 
By the summer's flare and winter's flaw....Read more of this...



by Khayyam, Omar
...O Wheel of Destiny! destruction comes of thy implacable
hate. Tyranny for thee is an act of predilection
which thou hast committed from the commencement of
centuries; and thou, also, O Earth, if one search in thy
bosom, what inappreciable treasures will he not find there!...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...ing.

The First: 'The why I've lived so long,
 To my fond recollection
Is that for women, wine and song
 I've had a predilection.
Full many a bawdy stave I've sung
 With wenches of my choosing,
But of the joys that kept me young
 The best was boozing.'

The Second: 'I'm a sage revered
 Because I was a fool
And with the bourgeon of my beard
 I kept my ardour cool.
On health I have conserved my hold
 By never dissipating:
And that is why a hundred old
 I'm celeb...Read more of this...

by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...-- but the course of love, if true, 
Never yet ran smooth or duly, as I think it ought to do. 

Pondering o'er his predilection, Jimmy watched McGrath, the boss, 
Riding past his lone selection, looking for a station 'oss 
That was running in the ranges with a mob of outlaws wild. 
Mac the time of day exchanges -- off goes Jim to see his child; 

Says, "The old man's after Stager, which he'll find is no light job, 
And tomorrow I will wager he will try and yard the m...Read more of this...

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