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Famous Reprisals Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...nds, 
But not, alas! the Heart she takes, 
The fond Engagements, and the Ties 
Her fatal Bounty does impose, 
Who makes Reprisals, with her Eyes, 
For what her gen'rous Hand bestows? 

And tho' I quickly can return 
Those useful Pieces, which she gave; 
Can I again, or wou'd I have 
That which her Charms have from me borne? 

Yet let us quit th' obliging Score; 
And whilst we borrow'd Gold restore, 
Whilst readily we own the Debt, 
And Gratitude before her set 
In its approve...Read more of this...
by Finch, Anne Kingsmill



...of the Shadow, 
Not allured by retrospection, disenchanted, and played out. 

And among the dark endurances of unavowed reprisals 
There were silent eyes of envy that saw little but saw well;
And over beauty’s aftermath of hazardous ambitions 
There were tears for what had vanished as they vanished where they fell.
Not assured of what was theirs, and always hungry for the nameless, 
There were some whose only passion was for Time who made them cold:
There were numerous fair w...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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