Famous Unattained Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Unattained poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous unattained poems. These examples illustrate what a famous unattained poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...hould strangers wake it?
Let the thick curtain fall;
I better know than all
How little I have gained,
How vast the unattained.
Not by the page word-painted
Let life be banned or sainted:
Deeper than written scroll
The colors of the soul.
Sweeter than any sung
My songs that found no tongue;
Nobler than any fact
My wish that failed of act.
Others shall sing the song,
Others shall right the wrong, --
Finish what I begin,
And all I fail of win.
What matter, ...Read more of this...
by
Whittier, John Greenleaf
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