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Famous Souk Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ir pund o’ tow.
 The weary pund, &c.


There sat a bottle in a bole,
 Beyont the ingle low;
And aye she took the tither souk,
 To drouk the stourie tow.
 The weary pund, &c.


Quoth I, For shame, ye dirty dame,
 Gae spin your tap o’ tow!
She took the rock, and wi’ a knock,
 She brak it o’er my pow.
 The weary pund, &c.


At last her feet—I sang to see’t!
 Gaed foremost o’er the knowe,
And or I wad anither jad,
 I’ll wallop in a tow.
 The weary pund, &c....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...iot all the night, or leave*. *refrain
And, for there is no thief without a louke,
That helpeth him to wasten and to souk* *spend
Of that he bribe* can, or borrow may, *steal
Anon he sent his bed and his array
Unto a compere* of his owen sort, *comrade
That loved dice, and riot, and disport;
And had a wife, that held *for countenance* *for appearances*
A shop, and swived* for her sustenance. *prostituted herself
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Notes to the Cook's Tale


1. Cheapside,...Read more of this...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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