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Famous Prudently Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Dunbar, William
...thou art the flour of Cities all. 

Thy famous Maire, by pryncely governaunce, 
 With sword of justice thee ruleth prudently. 
No Lord of Parys, Venyce, or Floraunce 
 In dignitye or honour goeth to hym nigh. 
 He is exampler, loode-ster, and guye; 
Principall patrone and rose orygynalle, 
 Above all Maires as maister most worthy: 
London, thou art the flour of Cities all....Read more of this...



by Finch, Anne Kingsmill
...ins make. 
I knew, the Smyrna–Fleet wou'd fall a Prey, 
And therefore sent no Vessel out that way: 
My busy Factors prudently I chuse, 
And in streight Bonds their Friends and Kindred noose: 
At Home, I to the Publick Sums advance, 
Whilst, under-hand in Fee with hostile France, 
I care not for your Tourvills, or Du-Barts, 
No more than for the Rocks, and Shelves in Charts: 
My own sufficiency creates my Gain, 
Rais'd, and secur'd by this unfailing Brain. 
This idle V...Read more of this...

by Alger, Julie Hill
...> Spare parts
must be manufactured,
as well as replacements
for equipment blown apart,
shattered, set afire.

Prudently, the merchants
consult their spreadsheets.
They guard against euphoria
and prepare for a possible
downside to this bonanza:
the Allies are shooting
at their best customer,
Saddam Hussein. If he loses
their market will be depressed.
There is also a danger of
restrictions on sales
to angry dictators. Thus,
the longterm eff...Read more of this...

by Petrarch, Francesco
...lime:My genius, measuring its power to climb,From such attempt doth prudently refrain.Full oft I oped my lips to chant thy name;Then in mid utterance the lay was lost:But say what muse can dare so bold a flight?Full oft I strove in measure to indite;But ah, the pen, the hand, the vein I boast,...Read more of this...

by Frost, Robert
...care of evening chores.
The inmates may be lonely women-folk.
I want to tell them that with all this smoke
They prudently are spinning their cocoon
And anchoring it to an earth and moon
From which no winter gale can hope to blow it,--
Spinning their own cocoon did they but know it....Read more of this...



by Gluck, Louise
...Bayes;
And their uncessant Labours see
Crown'd from some single Herb or Tree,
Whose short and narrow verged Shade
Does prudently their Toyles upbraid;
While all Flow'rs and all Trees do close
To weave the Garlands of repose.

Fair quiet, have I found thee here,
And Innocence thy Sister dear!
Mistaken long, I sought you then
In busie Companies of Men.
Your sacred Plants, if here below,
Only among the Plants will grow.
Society is all but rude,
To this delicious Sol...Read more of this...

by Chaucer, Geoffrey
...t him out of his country
From year to year full privily his rent.
But honestly and slyly* he it spent, *discreetly, prudently
That no man wonder'd how that he it had.
And three year in this wise his life be lad*, *led
And bare him so in peace and eke in werre*, *war
There was no man that Theseus had so derre*. *dear
And in this blisse leave I now Arcite,
And speak I will of Palamon a lite*. *little

In darkness horrible, and strong prison,
This seven year hath...Read more of this...

by Verhaeren, Emile
...rves and lines
Toward the sea outstretching dim,
The rope-maker, visionary white.
Stepping backwards along the way,
Prudently 'twixt his hands combines
The distant threads, in their twisting play.
That come to him from the infinite.


When day is gone.
Through ardent, weary evenings, yon
The whirr of a wheel can yet be heard;
Something by unseen hands is stirred.
And parallel o'er the rakes, that trace
An even space
From point to point along all the way,
The f...Read more of this...

by Marvell, Andrew
...ys, 
And their uncessant labours see 
Crown'd from some single herb or tree, 
Whose short and narrow-verged shade 
Does prudently their toils upbraid; 
While all the flowers and trees do close 
To weave the garlands of repose! 

Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, 
And Innocence thy sister dear? 
Mistaken long, I sought you then 
In busy companies of men: 
Your sacred plants, if here below, 
Only among the plants will grow: 
Society is all but rude 
To this delicious solitude...Read more of this...

by Dunbar, William
...don, thow art the flour of Cities all.

Thy famous Maire, by pryncely governaunce,
With swerd of justice the rulith prudently.
No Lord of Parys, Venyce, or Floraunce
In dignytie or honoure goeth to hym nye.
He is exampler, lood{.e}-ster, and guye;
Principall patrone and roose orygynalle,
Above all Maires as maister moost worthy:
London, thou art the flour of Cities all....Read more of this...

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