Famous Syre Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Syre poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous syre poems. These examples illustrate what a famous syre poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...yne.
I followe the plough-tayle,
Wythe a longe jubb of ale.
Botte of the maydens, oh!
Itte lacketh notte to telle;
Syre Preeste mote notte crie woe
Culde hys bull do as welle.
I daunce the beste heiedeygnes,
And foile the wysest feygnes.
On everych Seynctes hie daie
Wythe the mynstrelle am I seene,
All a footeynge it awaie,
Wythe maydens on the greene.
But oh! I wysheto be moe greate,
In rennome, tenure, and estate.
Syr Rogerre.
Has thou ne seene a tree uponn...Read more of this...
by
Chatterton, Thomas
...yyghtez in cauelaciounz on Crystmasse gomnez!"
Wel much watz the warme water that waltered of yyghen,
When that semly syre soyght fro tho wonez
thad daye.
He made non abode,
Bot wyyghtly went hys way;
Mony wylsum way he rode,
The bok as I herde say.
Now ridez this renk thurygh the ryalme of Logres,
Sir Gauan, on Godez halue, thaygh hym no gomen thoyght.
Oft leudlez alone he lengez on nyyghtez
Ther he fonde noyght hym byfore the fare that he lyked.
Hade he no fer...Read more of this...
by
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...th pride so did she swell,
And thundring Jove, that high in heaven doth dwell,
And wield the world, she claymed for her syre,
Or if that any else did Jove excell:
For to the highest she did still aspyre,
Or if ought higher were then that, did it desyre.
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And proud Lucifera men did her call,
That made her selfe a Queene, and crownd to be,
Yet rightfull kingdome she had none at all,
Ne heritage of native soveraintie,
But did usurpe with wrong and tyrannie
Upon the scepter...Read more of this...
by
Spenser, Edmund
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