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Famous Skys Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Finch, Anne Kingsmill
...of Love were lost, 
Which has such Pain to Mortals cost. 

Venus hears his mournful Crys, 
And repeats 'em, in the Skys, 
To Jupiter in Council set, 
With Peers for the Occasion met; 
In her Arms the Boy she bears, 
Bathing him in falling Tears; 
And whilst his want of Eyes is shown, 
Secures the Judges by her Own. 
Folly to the Board must come, 
And hear the Tryal and the Doom; 
Which Cytherea loudly prays 
May be as heavy as the Case: 
Which, when All was justly we...Read more of this...



by Clare, John
...et
The girls are glad wi hopes of play
And harping of the holiday
A hugh blue bird will often swim
Along the wheat when skys grow dim
Wi clouds-slow as the gales of spring
In motion wi dark shadowd wing
Beneath the coming storm it sails
And lonly chirps the wheat hid quails
That came to live wi spring again
And start when summer browns the grain
They start the young girls joys afloat
Wi 'wet my foot' its yearly note
So fancy doth the sound explain
And proves it oft a sign of ...Read more of this...

by Thomas, Dylan
...Sometimes the sky's too bright,
Or has too many clouds or birds,
And far away's too sharp a sun
To nourish thinking of him.
Why is my hand too blunt
To cut in front of me
My horrid images for me,
Of over-fruitful smiles,
The weightless touching of the lip
I wish to know
I cannot lift, but can,
The creature with the angel's face
Who tells me hurt,
And s...Read more of this...

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