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Famous Ruefully Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...rable
cohort of roaches she was too nearsighted to deal
with, though she knew they were there, and would
speak of them, ruefully, as of an affliction that
 might once, long ago, have been prevented.

Unclassifiable castoffs, misfits, marginal cases:
when you're one yourself, or close to it, there's
a reassurance in proving you haven't quite gone
under by taking up with somebody odder than you are.
Or trying to. "They're my friends," she'd say of
her cats—Mollie, Mitzi and Car...Read more of this...
by Clampitt, Amy



...Arriving for a reading an hour too early:

Ruefully, the general manager stopped putting out the chairs.

“You don’t get any help these days. I have

To sort out everything from furniture to faxes.

Why not wander round the park? There are ducks

And benches where you can sit and watch.”



I realized it was going to be a hungry evening

With not even a packet of crisps in sight.

I parked my friend ...Read more of this...
by Tebb, Barry
...
For sick now lies my son;
So go, my child, and when thou'rt there,
Utter for me a humble prayer,
And of thy sins think ruefully,
That grace may also fall on me."

And in this welcome duty glad,
He quickly left the place;
But ere the village bounds he had
Attained with rapid pace,
The sound of bells struck on his ear,
From the high belfry ringing clear,
And every sinner, mercy-sent,
Inviting to the sacrament.

"Never from praising God refrain
Where'er by thee He's found!"
He ...Read more of this...
by Schiller, Friedrich von
...e. But what happens
When He takes a look at Man? Does He say,
"That"s really not too bad", Or does He, as I fear,
Wince ruefully and mutter to Himself:
"What was I thinking of publishing that one"?...Read more of this...
by Scannell, Vernon
...God created Gold to be
 For our adorning fit,
I little think he dreamed that we
 Would come to worship it.
But when you ruefully have scanned
 The chronicles of Time,
You'll find that lucre lends a hand
 To Crime.

So if you are a millionaire,
 To be of Heaven sure,
Give every penny you can spare
 Unto the sick and poor.
From Gold strike out the evil 'ell,'
 And so with letters odd
You can with peace of spirit spell
 Just GOD....Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William



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