Famous Sprit Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Sprit poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous sprit poems. These examples illustrate what a famous sprit poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...hat the schene blod ouer his schulderes schot to the erthe;
And quen the burne seygh the blode blenk on the snawe,
He sprit forth spenne-fote more then a spere lenthe,
Hent heterly his helme, and on his hed cast,
Schot with his schulderez his fayre schelde vnder,
Braydez out a bryyght sworde, and bremely he spekez--
Neuer syn that he watz burne borne of his moder
Watz he neuer in this worlde wyyghe half so blythe--
"Blynne, burne, of thy bur, bede me no mo!
I haf a s...Read more of this...
by
Kipling, Rudyard
...desired the Sea? -- the immense and contemptuous surges?
The shudder, the stumble, the swerve, as the star-stabbing bow-sprit emerges?
The orderly clouds of the Trades, the ridged, roaring sapphire thereunder --
Unheralded cliff-haunting flaws and the headsail's low-volleying thunder --
His Sea in no wonder the same his Sea and the same through each wonder:
His Sea as she rages or stills?
So and no otherwise -- so and no otherwise -- hillmen desire their Hills.
Who hath...Read more of this...
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Wheatley, Phillis
...d.
Thyself prepare to pass the vale of night
To join for ever on the hills of light:
To thine embrace his joyful sprit moves
To thee, the partner of his earthly loves;
He welcomes thee to pleasures more refin'd,
And better suited to th' immortal mind.
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