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Famous Unvanquished Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...whom yet with deeds 
Thou canst not. Hast thou turned the least of these 
To flight, or if to fall, but that they rise 
Unvanquished, easier to transact with me 
That thou shouldst hope, imperious, and with threats 
To chase me hence? err not, that so shall end 
The strife which thou callest evil, but we style 
The strife of glory; which we mean to win, 
Or turn this Heaven itself into the Hell 
Thou fablest; here however to dwell free, 
If not to reign: Mean while thy utmost...Read more of this...
by Milton, John



...smite me. 

Then I should know, at least, that truth endured, 
Though love had died of wounds. And you could leave me 
Unvanquished in my atmosphere of devils....Read more of this...
by Sassoon, Siegfried
...e eyeless dead 
Shame the wild beast of battle on the ridge,
Death will stand grieving in that field of war 
Since your unvanquished hardihood is spent. 
And through some mooned Valhalla there will pass 
Battalions and battalions, scarred from hell; 
The unreturning army that was youth;
The legions who have suffered and are dust....Read more of this...
by Sassoon, Siegfried

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