Famous Shill Poems by Famous Poets

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

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101. Song—Composed in Spring

...thing is blest but I.
 And maun I still, &c.


The sheep-herd steeks his faulding slap,
And o’er the moorlands whistles shill:
Wi’ wild, unequal, wand’ring step,
I meet him on the dewy hill.
 And maun I still, &c.


And when the lark, ’tween light and dark,
Blythe waukens by the daisy’s side,
And mounts and sings on flittering wings,
A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide.
 And maun I still, &c.


Come winter, with thine angry howl,
And raging, bend the naked tree;
Thy gloom will...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


207. Song—I'm O'er Young to Marry yet

...e lang in winter, sir,
And you an’ I in ae bed,
 In trowth, I dare na venture, sir.
 I’m o’er young, &c.


Fu’ loud an’ shill the frosty wind
 Blaws thro’ the leafless timmer, sir;
But if ye come this gate again;
 I’ll aulder be gin simmer, sir.
 I’m o’er young, &c....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

31. Song—My Nanie O!

...ors an’ mosses many, O,
The wintry sun the day has clos’d,
 And I’ll awa to Nanie, O.


The westlin wind blaws loud an’ shill;
 The night’s baith mirk and rainy, O;
But I’ll get my plaid an’ out I’ll steal,
 An’ owre the hill to Nanie, O.


My Nanie’s charming, sweet, an’ young;
 Nae artfu’ wiles to win ye, O:
May ill befa’ the flattering tongue
 That wad beguile my Nanie, O.


Her face is fair, her heart is true;
 As spotless as she’s bonie, O:
The op’ning gowan, wat wi’ dew...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

Banty Time

...as you.

Now dog my cats ef I kin see,
In all the light of the day,
What you’ve got to do with the question
Ef Tim shill go or stay.
And furder than that I give notice,
Ef one of you tetches the boy,
He kin check his trunks to a warmer clime
Than he’ll find in Illanoy.

Why, blame your hearts, jest hear me!
You know that ungodly day
When our left struck Vicksburg Heights, how ripped
And torn and tattered we lay.
When the rest retreated I stayed behind,
Fur rea...Read more of this...
by Hay, John

Montreal Maree

...known as Windy Bill,
As punk a chunk of Yukon scum as ever robbed a sluice;
A satellite of Soapy Smith, a capper and a shill,
A slimy tribute-taker from the Ladies on the Loose.
But say, you never heard of how he aimed my gore to spill
(That big gorilla gunnin' for a little guy like me,)
A-howlin' like a malamute an' ravin' he would drill
Me full of holes and all because of Montreal Maree.

Now Spike Mahoney's Bar was stiff with roarin' drunks,
And I was driftin' lonesome-li...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William


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