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Famous Step Down Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Service, Robert William
...If the good King only knew,
 Lindy Lou,
What a cherub child are you,
 It is true,
He would step down from his throne,
And would claim you for his own,
Then whatever would I do,
 Lindy Lou?

As I kiss your tiny feet,
 Lindy Lou,
I just feel I want to eat
 All of you.
What's so heaven-sweet and mild
As a happy baby-child?
If you died I would die too,
 Lindy Lou?

What's so lovely on this earth,
 Lindy Lou,
As your innocence and mirth
 Shining th...Read more of this...



by Rilke, Rainer Maria
...e who curiously peeked through the window).
But if the archangel now perilous from behind the stars
took even one step down toward us: our own heart beating
higher and higher would bear us to death. Who are you?

Early successes Creation's pampered favorites
mountain-ranges peaks growing red in the dawn
of all Beginning -pollen of the flowering godhead
joints of pure light corridors stairways thrones
space formed from essence shields made of ecstasy storms
o...Read more of this...

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