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Famous Pusillanimous Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...irant souls; but since the scope 
Must widen early, is it well to droop, 
For a few days consumed in loss and taint ?
O pusillanimous Heart, be comforted 
And, like a cheerful traveller, take the road
Singing beside the hedge. What if the bread
Be bitter in thine inn, and thou unshod
To meet the flints ? At least it may be said
' Because the way is short, I thank thee, God. '...Read more of this...
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett



...delve, 
He wrote, "I'll come for seven pounds, 
Or I could stop away for twelve." 
But lack of lucre brought about 
The pusillanimous reply: 
"Our luxuries are all cut out, 
You'll have to go to Bong-go-dry." 

Now rabbit skins were very high -- 
There'd been a kind of rabbit rush -- 
And what with traps and sticks they'd shy, 
The station blacks were very flush, 
And each was taught his churchman's job, 
"When that one parson's plate comes roun' 
No good you put in sprat or ...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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