Famous Scull Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Atheist And The Acorn

by Anne Kingsmill Finch
 Methinks this World is oddly made, 
And ev'ry thing's amiss, 
A dull presuming Atheist said, 
As stretch'd he lay beneath a Shade; 
And instanced in this: 

Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, 
A Pumpkin, large and round, 
Is held but by a little String, 
Which upwards cannot make it spring, 
Or bear it from the Ground. 

Whilst on this...Read more of this...

455. Epitaph on a noted coxcomb

by Robert Burns
 LIGHT lay the earth on Billy’s breast,
 His chicken heart so tender;
But build a castle on his head,
 His scull will prop it under....Read more of this...

Mans Injustice Towards Providence

by Anne Kingsmill Finch
 A Thriving Merchant, who no Loss sustained, 
In little time a mighty Fortune gain'd. 
No Pyrate seiz'd his still returning Freight; 
Nor foundring Vessel sunk with its own Weight: 
No Ruin enter'd through dissever'd Planks; 
No Wreck at Sea, nor in the Publick Banks. 
Aloft he sails, above the Reach of Chance, 
And do's in Pride, as fast as...Read more of this...

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