Famous Reciter Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Reciter poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous reciter poems. These examples illustrate what a famous reciter poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...`Yes, he's clever;
But, you know, he drinks.'
Been an actor and a writer --
Doesn't whine --
Reckoned now the best reciter
In his line.
Takes the stage at times, and fills it --
`Princess May' or `Waterloo'.
Raise a sneer! -- his first line kills it,
`Brings 'em', too.
Where he lives, or how, or wherefore
No one knows;
Lost his real friends, and therefore
Lost his foes.
Had, no doubt, his own romances --
Met his fate;
Tortured, doubtless, by the chances
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by
Lawson, Henry
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