Famous Tyr Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Tyr poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tyr poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tyr poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lewis, C S
...is bound;
But the bond wil1 break, the Beast run free. The weary gods,
Scarred with old wounds the one-eyed Odin, Tyr who has lost a hand,
Will limp to their stations for the Last defence. Make it your hope
To be counted worthy on that day to stand beside them;
For the end of man is to partake of their defeat and die
His second, final death in good company. The stupid, strong
Unteachable monsters are certain to be victorious at last,
And every man of decen...Read more of this...
by
Spenser, Edmund
...llow locks lyke golden wyre,
Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres atweene, 155
Doe lyke a golden mantle her attyre;
And, being crown¨¨d with a girland greene,
Seeme lyke some mayden Queene.
Her modest eyes, abash¨¨d to behold
So many gazers as on her do stare, 160
Upon the lowly ground affix¨¨d are;
Ne dare lift up her countenance too bold,
But blush to heare her prayses sung so loud,
So farre from being proud.
Nathlesse doe ye still loud h...Read more of this...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...l lowe and stille alloon,
Bihinden othere folk, in litel brede,
And neigh the dore, ay under shames drede,
Simple of a-tyr, and debonaire of chere,
With ful assured loking and manere.
This Troilus, as he was wont to gyde
His yonge knightes, ladde hem up and doun
In thilke large temple on every syde,
Biholding ay the ladyes of the toun,
Now here, now there, for no devocioun
Hadde he to noon, to reven him his reste,
But gan to preyse and lakken whom him leste.
And i...Read more of this...
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