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Famous Tait Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Mallarme, Stephane
...La lune s'attristait. Des s?raphins en pleurs
R?vant, l'archet aux doigts, dans le calme des fleurs
Vaporeuses, tiraient de mourantes violes
De blancs sanglots glissant sur l'azur des corolles.
—C'?tait le jour b?ni de ton premier baiser.
Ma songerie aimant ? me martyriser
s'enivrait savamment du parfum de tristesse
Que m?me sans regret et sans d?boire laisse
La...Read more of this...



by McGonagall, William Topaz
...e lifeboat men saw was a solitary mast,
And some sailors clinging to it, while the ahip was sinking fast. 

Charles Tait, the coxswain of the lifeboat, was a skilful boatman,
And the bravery he and his crew displayed was really grand;
For his men were hardy and a very heroic set,
And for bravery their equals it would be hard to get. 

But, thank God, out of twenty-nine eleven were saved,
Owing to the way the lifeboat men behaved;
And when they landed with the eleven w...Read more of this...

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