Famous Swineherd Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Swineherd poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous swineherd poems. These examples illustrate what a famous swineherd poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Yeats, William Butler
...A man came slowly from the setting sun,
To Emer, raddling raiment in her dun,
And said, 'I am that swineherd whom you bid
Go watch the road between the wood and tide,
But now I have no need to watch it more.'
Then Emer cast the web upon the floor,
And raising arms all raddled with the dye,
Parted her lips with a loud sudden cry.
That swineherd stared upon her face and said,
'No man alive, no man among the dead,
Has won the gold his cars of battl...Read more of this...
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