Famous Propagation Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Jubilate Agno: Fragment B Part 1

...e Seabreese, the Lord give the sailors of his Spirit. 

Let Helon rejoice with the Woodpecker -- the Lord encourage the propagation of trees! 

Let Amos rejoice with the Coote -- prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 

Let Ephah rejoice with Buprestis, the Lord endue us with temperance and humanity, till every cow have her mate! 

Let Sarah rejoice with the Redwing, whose harvest is in the frost and snow. 

Let Rebekah rejoice with Iynx, who holds his head on one side to deceive...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher


The Baldness Of Chewed-Ear

...d dollars down.
We stand to make five hundred clear -- boys, drink in whiskey straight:
`The Chewed-ear Jenkins Hirsute Propagation Syndicate'."

The boys wuz on, an' soon chipped in the necessary dust;
They primed up a committy to negotiate the deal;
Then Missis Jenkins yielded, bein' rather in disgust,
An' all wuz signed an' witnessed, an' invested with a seal.
They rounded up old Chewed-ear, an' they broke it what they'd done;
Allowed they'd bought an interest in his chanc...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Ecstasy

...
So to engraft our hands as yet 
Was all the means to make us one; 10 
And pictures in our eyes to get 
Was all our propagation. 

As 'twixt two equal armies Fate 
Suspends uncertain victory  
Our souls¡ªwhich to advance their state 15 
Were gone out¡ªhung 'twixt her and me. 

And whilst our souls negotiate there  
We like sepulchral statues lay; 
All day the same our postures were  
And we said nothing all the day. 20 ...Read more of this...
by Donne, John

To the Lord Generall Cromwell May 1652

...On The Proposalls Of Certaine Ministers At The Committee For
Propagation Of The Gospell


Cromwell, our cheif of men, who through a cloud
Not of warr onely, but detractions rude,
Guided by faith & matchless Fortitude
To peace & truth thy glorious way hast plough'd,
And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud
Hast reard Gods Trophies, & his work pursu'd,
While Darwen stream with blood of Scotts imbru'd,
And Dunbarr field ...Read more of this...
by Milton, John

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