Famous Shirkers Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Shirkers poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous shirkers poems. These examples illustrate what a famous shirkers poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Paterson, Andrew Barton
...of steel, light hand and smiling face,
He held the rushing horses back, and made the sluggards race.
He gave the shirkers extra heart, he steadied down the rash,
He rode great clumsy boring brutes, and chanced a fatal smash;
He got the rushing Wymlet home that never jumped at all --
But clambered over every fence and clouted every wall.
You should have heard the cheers, my boys, that shook the members' stand
Whenever Tommy Corrigan weighed out to ride Lone Han...Read more of this...
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