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Famous Pris Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ode,
Much wele then watz therinne;
Gret perile bitwene hem stod,
Nif MarŽ of hir knyyght mynne.
For that prynces of pris depresed hym so thikke,
Nurned hym so neyghe the thred, that nede hym bihoued
Other lach ther hir luf, other lodly refuse.
He cared for his cortaysye, lest crathayn he were,
And more for his meschef yghif he schulde make synne,
And be traytor to that tolke that that telde ayght.
"God schylde," quoth the schalk, "that schal not befalle!"
With luf-...Read more of this...
by Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)



...r!
Le Printemps adorable a perdu son odeur!

Et le Temps m'engloutit minute par minute,
Comme la neige immense un corps pris de roideur;
Je contemple d'en haut le globe en sa rondeur,
Et je n'y cherche plus l'abri d'une cahute.
Avalanche, veux-tu m'emporter dans ta chute?...Read more of this...
by Baudelaire, Charles
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 ("Un lion avait pris un enfant.") 
 
 {XIII.} 


 A Lion in his jaws caught up a child— 
 Not harming it—and to the woodland, wild 
 With secret streams and lairs, bore off his prey— 
 The beast, as one might cull a bud in May. 
 It was a rosy boy, a king's own pride, 
 A ten-year lad, with bright eyes shining wide, 
 And save this son his majesty beside 
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by Hugo, Victor

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