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Famous Rick Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...t; and on the slope 
The sword rose, the hind fell, the herd was driven, 
Fire glimpsed; and all the land from roof and rick, 
In drifts of smoke before a rolling wind, 
Streamed to the peak, and mingled with the haze 
And made it thicker; while the phantom king 
Sent out at times a voice; and here or there 
Stood one who pointed toward the voice, the rest 
Slew on and burnt, crying, `No king of ours, 
No son of Uther, and no king of ours;' 
Till with a wink his dream was cha...Read more of this...



by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...r to my whistle; 
'Or at the most, when three-parts-sick 
With strumming and with scraping, 
A jackass heehaws from the rick, 
The passive oxen gaping. 

But what is that I hear ? a sound 
Like sleepy counsel pleading; 
O Lord !--'tis in my neighbour's ground, 
The modern Muses reading. 
They read Botanic Treatises, 
And Works on Gardening thro' there, 
And Methods of transplanting trees 
To look as if they grew there. 

The wither'd Misses! how they prose 
O'er b...Read more of this...

by Housman, A E
..., 
And a love to keep you clean, 
And I wish you luck, come Lammastide, 
At racing on the green. 

"Long for me the rick will wait, 
And long will wait the fold, 
And long will stand the empty plate, 
And dinner will be cold."...Read more of this...

by Whitman, Walt
...nipe! nest of guarded duplicate
 eggs! it shall be you! 
Mix’d tussled hay of head, beard, brawn, it shall be you! 
Trickling sap of maple! fibre of manly wheat! it shall be you! 

Sun so generous, it shall be you! 
Vapors lighting and shading my face, it shall be you!
You sweaty brooks and dews, it shall be you! 
Winds whose soft-tickling genitals rub against me, it shall be you! 
Broad, muscular fields! branches of live oak! loving lounger in my winding
 paths! it...Read more of this...

by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...d, and all of an evening late
I climb'd to the top of the garth, and stood by the road at the gate.
The moon like a rick on fire was rising over the dale,
And whit, whit, whit, in the bush beside me chirrupt the nightingale. 

XI.
All of a sudden he stopt: there past by the gate of the farm,
Willy,--he did n't see me,--and Jenny hung on his arm.
Out into the road I started, and spoke I scarce knew how;
Ah, there's no fool like the old one -- it makes me angry ...Read more of this...



by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...grass: and this 
A mere love-poem! O for such, my friend, 
We hold them slight: they mind us of the time 
When we made bricks in Egypt. Knaves are men, 
That lute and flute fantastic tenderness, 
And dress the victim to the offering up, 
And paint the gates of Hell with Paradise, 
And play the slave to gain the tyranny. 
Poor soul! I had a maid of honour once; 
She wept her true eyes blind for such a one, 
A rogue of canzonets and serenades. 
I loved her. Peac...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...eye
As out of the door I grope and grope.
And I hear my wife and her lover there,
Whispering, whispering, round the rick,
Mocking me and my sightless stare,
As I fumble and stumble everywhere,
Slapping and tapping with my stick;
Old and weary at thirty-one,
Heartsick, wishing it all was done.
Oh, I'll tap my way around to the byre,
And I'll hear the cows as they chew their hay;
There at least there is none to tire,
There at least I am not in the way.
And they'll l...Read more of this...

by Yeats, William Butler
...oughlan waters
And take her in the middle of armed men,
Shall make her look upon her handiwork,
That she may quench the rick she has fired; and though
She may have worn silk clothes, or worn a crown,
She'II not be proud, knowing within her heart
That our sufficient portion of the world
Is that we give, although it be brief giving,
Happiness to children and to men."
Then he, driven by his thought beyond his thought,
And speaking what he would not though he would,
Sighed, "...Read more of this...

by Arnold, Matthew
...ach field, each flower, each stick;
And with the country-folk acquaintance made
By barn in threshing-time, by new-built rick.
Here, too, our shepherd-pipes we first assay'd.
Ah me! this many a year
My pipe is lost, my shepherd's holiday!
Needs must I lose them, needs with heavy heart
Into the world and wave of men depart;
But Thyrsis of his own will went away.

It irk'd him to be here, he could not rest.
He loved each simple joy the country yields,
He loved hi...Read more of this...

by Bridges, Robert Seymour
...n 
Breathe the spring air: 
His heart is worn with work; 
He is giddy and sick 
If he rise to go as far 
As the nearest rick: 
He thinks of his morn of life, 
His hale, strong years; 
And braves as he may the night 
Of darkness and tears....Read more of this...

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