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Famous Purposing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...faery fancy; all amort,
 Save to St. Agnes and her lambs unshorn,
And all the bliss to be before to-morrow morn.

 So, purposing each moment to retire,
 She linger'd still. Meantime, across the moors,
 Had come young Porphyro, with heart on fire
 For Madeline. Beside the portal doors,
 Buttress'd from moonlight, stands he, and implores
 All saints to give him sight of Madeline,
 But for one moment in the tedious hours,
 That he might gaze and worship all unseen;
Perchance sp...Read more of this...
by Keats, John



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