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Famous Villager Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Milton, John
...an,
And hug him into snares. When once her eye
Hath met the virtue of this magic dust,
I shall appear some harmless villager
Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear.
But here she comes; I fairly step aside,
And hearken, if I may her business hear.

The LADY enters.

 LADY. This way the noise was, if mine ear be true,
My best guide now. Methought it was the sound
Of riot and ill-managed merriment,
Such as the jocund flute or gamesome pipe
Stirs up a...Read more of this...



by Frost, Robert
...Caterwaul to the hills around the village 
As they both bite the wood. It's all our music. 
One ought as a good villager to like it. 
No doubt it has a sort of prosperous sound, 
And it's our life." 
"Yes, when it's not our death." 
"You make that sound as if it wasn't so 
With everything. What we live by we die by. 
I wonder where my lawyer is. His train's in. 
I want this over with; I'm hot and tired." 
"You're getting ready to do som...Read more of this...

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