Famous Terminated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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To A Golden Heart That He Wore Round His Neck

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 [Addressed, during the Swiss tour already mentioned, 
to a present Lily had given him, during the time of their happy 
connection, which was then about to be terminated for ever.]

OH thou token loved of joys now perish'd

That I still wear from my neck suspended,
Art thou stronger than our spirit-bond so cherish'd?

Or canst thou prolong love's days untimely ended?

Lily, I...Read more of this...

The Dream

by George (Lord) Byron
 I

Our life is twofold; Sleep hath its own world,
A boundary between the things misnamed
Death and existence: Sleep hath its own world,
And a wide realm of wild reality,
And dreams in their development have breath,
And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy;
They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts,
They take a weight from off waking toils,
They do divide our being;...Read more of this...

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