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Famous Superiors Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Whitman, Walt
...ners, speech, dress, friendships—the gait they have of persons
 who
 never knew how it felt to stand in the presence of superiors, 
The freshness and candor of their physiognomy, the copiousness and decision of their
 phrenology,
The picturesque looseness of their carriage, their fierceness when wrong’d, 
The fluency of their speech, their delight in music, their curiosity, good temper, and
 open-handedness—the whole composite make, 
The prevailing ardor and enterprise, the l...Read more of this...



by Pope, Alexander
...r Hate than Gratitude: 
To that each Passion turns, or soon or late; 
Love, if it makes her yield, must make her hate: 
Superiors? death! and Equals? what a curse! 
But an Inferior not dependant? worse. 
Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; 
Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live: 
But die, and she'll adore you--Then the Bust 
And Temple rise--then fall again to dust. 
Last night, her Lord was all that's good and great; 
A Knave this morning, and his Will...Read more of this...

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