Famous Priscilla Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Chase Henry

...the Protestants bought this lot, 
And buried my body here, 
Close to the grave of the banker Nicholas, 
And of his wife Priscilla. 
Take note, ye prudent and pious souls, 
Of the cross-currents in life 
Which bring honor to the dead, who lived in shame....Read more of this...
by Masters, Edgar Lee


God is a distant -- stately Lover

...is a distant -- stately Lover --
Woos, as He states us -- by His Son --
Verily, a Vicarious Courtship --
"Miles", and "Priscilla", were such an One --

But, lest the Soul -- like fair "Priscilla"
Choose the Envoy -- and spurn the Groom --
Vouches, with hyperbolic archness --
"Miles", and "John Alden" were Synonym --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

Llewellyn and the Tree

...Could he have made Priscilla share 
The paradise that he had planned, 
Llewellyn would have loved his wife 
As well as any in the land. 

Could he have made Priscilla cease
To goad him for what God left out, 
Llewellyn would have been as mild 
As any we have read about. 

Could all have been as all was not, 
Llewellyn would have had no story;
He would have stayed a quiet man 
...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

Priscilla

...road,
Jerry stuck with a woeful load,
Stalled in the mud where the red lights glowed,
Prospect devilish tough.

"Little Priscilla" he called his car,
Best of our battered bunch by far,
Branded with many a bullet scar,
Yet running so sweet and true.
Jerry he loved her, knew her tricks;
Swore: "She's the beat of the best big six,
And if ever I get in a deuce of a fix
Priscilla will pull me through."

"Looks pretty rotten right now," says he;
"Hanged if the devil himself could s...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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