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Famous Superseded Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Superseded poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous superseded poems. These examples illustrate what a famous superseded poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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...ve nourished"
To Fleet St. where
Dr. Johnson flourished;

Beside this thoroughfare
The sale of half-hose has
Long since superseded the cultivation
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by Pound, Ezra



...he Paris Town 
 Council decided that the ruins should be cleared away.} 
 
 {Footnote 3: After the Eagle and the Bee superseded the Lily-flowers, 
 the Third Napoleon's initial "N" flourished for two decades, but has 
 been excised or plastered over, the words "National Property" or 
 "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" being cut in the stone profusely.} 


 




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by Hugo, Victor
...I 

As newer comers crowd the fore, 
 We drop behind. 
- We who have laboured long and sore 
 Times out of mind, 
And keen are yet, must not regret 
 To drop behind. 

II 

Yet there are of us some who grieve 
 To go behind; 
Staunch, strenuous souls who scarce believe 
 Their fires declined, 
And know none cares, remembers, spares 
 Who go behind. 

III 
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by Hardy, Thomas

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