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Famous Unsheathe Poems by Famous Poets

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

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July

My emblem is the Lion, and I breathe 
The breath of Libyan deserts o'er the land; 
My sickle as a sabre I unsheathe, 
And bent before me the pale harvests stand. 
The lakes and rivers shrink at my command, 
And there is thirst and fever in the air; 
The sky is changed to brass, the earth to sand; 
I am the Emperor whose name I bear. 

August

The Emperor Octavian, called the August, 
I being his favorite, bestowed his name 
Upon me, and I hold it still in trust,...Read more of this...
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth



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