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Famous Toleration Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Masefield, John
...s good and godly ones they hold that it's a sin 
To troll the jolly bowl around, and let the dollars spin; 
But I'm for toleration and for drinking at an inn, 
Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan. 

Oh some are sad and wretched folk that go in silken suits, 
And there's a mort of wicked rogues that live in good reputes; 
So I'm for drinking honestly, and dying in my boots, 
Like an old bold mate of Henry Morgan....Read more of this...



by Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...st,
When he found out that he 'd furgot to put the "h" in "honest."
An' Parson Brown, whose sermons were too long fur toleration,
Caused lots o' smiles by missin' when they give out "condensation."
So one by one they giv' it up—the big words kep' a-landin',
Till me an' Nettie Gray was left, the only ones a-standin',
An' then my inward strife began—I guess my mind was petty—
I did so want that spellin'-book; but then to spell down Nettie
Jest sort o' went ag'in my grai...Read more of this...

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