Famous Tambour Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Bride of Abydos The

...en our own! 
There linger'd we, beguil'd too long 
With Mejnoun's tale, or Sadi's song, [3] 
Till I, who heard the deep tambour [4] 
Beat thy Divan's approaching hour, 
To thee, and to my duty true, 
Warn'd by the sound, to greet thee flew: 
But there Zuleika wanders yet — 
Nay, father, rage not — nor forget 
That none can pierce that secret bower 
But those who watch the women's tower." 

IV. 

"Son of a slave" — the Pacha said — 
"From unbelieving mother bred, 
Vain were a ...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)


Le Verbe ?tre

...ec d?sespoir que je
d?couvre les beaux arbres d?racin?s de la nuit. L'air de la chambre est beau comme des
baguettes de tambour. Il fait un temps de temps. Je connais le d?sespoir dans ses grandes
lignes. C'est comme le vent du rideau qui me tend la perche. A-t-on id?e d'un d?sespoir
pareil! Au feu! Ah! ils vont encore venir... Et les annonces de journal, et les r?clames
lumineuses le long du canal. Tas de sable, esp?ce de tas de sable! Dans ses grandes
lignes le d?sespoir n'...Read more of this...
by Breton, Andre

Pickthorn Manor

...ustering through the Manor trees.
All the roof-edges spiked with icicles In 
fluted companies.
The Lady Eunice with her tambour-frame
Kept herself sighing company. The flame
Of the birch fire glittered on the walls.

LVII
A letter was brought to her as she sat, Unsealed, 
unsigned. It told her that his wound,
The writer's, had so well recovered that To join his regiment 
he felt him bound.
But would she not wish him one short "Godspeed", He asked no 
more. Her greeting would ...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

The Bride of Abydos

...en our own! 
There linger'd we, beguil'd too long 
With Mejnoun's tale, or Sadi's song, [3] 
Till I, who heard the deep tambour [4] 
Beat thy Divan's approaching hour, 
To thee, and to my duty true, 
Warn'd by the sound, to greet thee flew: 
But there Zuleika wanders yet — 
Nay, father, rage not — nor forget 
That none can pierce that secret bower 
But those who watch the women's tower." 

IV. 

"Son of a slave" — the Pacha said — 
"From unbelieving mother bred, 
Vain were a ...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

The Eve Of St. Agnes

...be as thou wishest," said the Dame:
 "All cates and dainties shall be stored there
 Quickly on this feast-night: by the tambour frame
 Her own lute thou wilt see: no time to spare,
 For I am slow and feeble, and scarce dare
 On such a catering trust my dizzy head.
 Wait here, my child, with patience; kneel in prayer
 The while: Ah! thou must needs the lady wed,
Or may I never leave my grave among the dead."

 So saying, she hobbled off with busy fear.
 The lover's endless min...Read more of this...
by Keats, John


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