Famous Sparred Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Sparred poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous sparred poems. These examples illustrate what a famous sparred poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...grattest,
Ful grymme quen he gronyed; thenne greued mony,
For thre at the fyrst thrast he thryyght to the erthe,
And sparred forth good sped boute spyt more.
Thise other halowed hyghe! ful hyyghe, and hay! hay! cryed,
Haden hornez to mouthe, heterly rechated;
Mony watz the myry mouthe of men and of houndez
That buskkez after this bor with bost and wyth noyse
to quelle.
Ful oft he bydez the baye,
And maymez the mute inn melle;
He hurtez of the houndez, and thay
Ful...Read more of this...
by
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...nglish race,
But the drover fought for his daily bread with a smile on his bearded face;
So he shifted ground, and he sparred for wind, and he made it a lengthy mill,
And from time to time as his scouts came in they whispered to Saltbush Bill --
"We have spread the sheep with a two-mile spread, and the grass it is something grand;
You must stick to him, Bill, for another round for the pride of the Overland."
The new chum made it a rushing fight, though never a blow got ...Read more of this...
by
Paterson, Andrew Barton
...tand no chance with a bloke like me, what's lived on the game for years;
For he's maybe learnt in a boxing school, and sparred for a round or so,
But I've fought all hands in a ten-foot ring each night in a travelling show;
They earned a pound if they stayed three rounds, and they tried for it every night.
In a ten-foot ring! Oh, that's the game that teaches a bloke to fight,
For they'd rush and clinch -- it was Dublin Rules, and we drew no colour line;
And they all tri...Read more of this...
by
Paterson, Andrew Barton
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