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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...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
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...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 des...Read more of this...
by
Kipling, Rudyard
...ehind.
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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by
Wheatley, Phillis
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