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Famous Simmers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...crocks,
 About the dykes?


The twa best herds in a’ the wast,
The e’er ga’e gospel horn a blast
These five an’ twenty simmers past—
 Oh, dool to tell!
Hae had a bitter black out-cast
 Atween themsel’.


O, Moddie, 1 man, an’ wordy Russell, 2
How could you raise so vile a bustle;
Ye’ll see how New-Light herds will whistle,
 An’ think it fine!
The L—’s cause ne’er gat sic a twistle,
 Sin’ I hae min’.


O, sirs! whae’er wad hae expeckit
Your duty ye wad sae negleckit,
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by Burns, Robert
...e-side, a sybow-tail,
 An’ barley-scone shall cheer me.


Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath
 O’ mony flow’ry simmers!
An’ bless your bonie lasses baith,
 I’m tauld they’re loosome kimmers!


An’ God bless young Dunaskin’s laird,
 The blossom of our gentry!
An’ may he wear and auld man’s beard,
 A credit to his country....Read More

by Schiller, Friedrich von
...d and dry,
That the gathered flame may break
Through the furnace, wroth and high.
When the copper within
Seeths and simmers--the tin,
Pour quick, that the fluid that feeds the bell
May flow in the right course glib and well.

Deep hid within this nether cell,
What force with fire is moulding thus,
In yonder airy tower shall dwell,
And witness wide and far of us!
It shall, in later days, unfailing,
Rouse many an ear to rapt emotion;
Its solemn voice with sorrow wailing...Read More

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