Famous Quorum Poems by Famous Poets

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

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301. Lines to a Gentleman who sent a Newspaper

by Robert Burns
 KIND Sir, I’ve read your paper through,
And faith, to me, ’twas really new!
How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted?
This mony a day I’ve grain’d and gaunted,
To ken what French mischief was brewin;
Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin;
That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph,
If Venus yet had got his nose off;
Or how the collieshangie works
Atween the Russians and the Turks,
Or...Read more of this...

139. Lines on Meeting with Lord Daer

by Robert Burns
 THIS 1 wot ye all whom it concerns,
I, Rhymer Robin, alias Burns,
 October twenty-third,
A ne’er-to-be-forgotten day,
Sae far I sprackl’d up the brae,
 I dinner’d wi’ a Lord.


I’ve been at drucken writers’ feasts,
Nay, been *****-fou ’mang godly priests—
 Wi’ rev’rence be it spoken!—
I’ve even join’d the honour’d jorum,
When mighty Squireships of the quorum,
 Their hydra drouth did sloken.


But wi’ a...Read more of this...

359. Song—O May thy Morn

by Robert Burns
 O MAY, thy morn was ne’er so sweet
 As the mirk night o’ December!
For sparkling was the rosy wine,
 And private was the chamber:
And dear was she I dare na name,
 But I will aye remember:
And dear was she I dare na name,
 But I will aye remember.


And here’s to them that, like oursel,
 Can push about the jorum!
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The Naming Of Cats

by T S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
 The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All...Read more of this...

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