Famous Vouched Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Paradise Lost: Book 05

...? 
This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm 
He plucked, he tasted; me damp horrour chilled 
At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold: 
But he thus, overjoyed; 'O fruit divine, 
'Sweet of thyself, but much more sweet thus cropt, 
'Forbidden here, it seems, as only fit 
'For Gods, yet able to make Gods of Men: 
'And why not Gods of Men; since good, the more 
'Communicated, more abundant grows, 
'The author not impaired, but honoured more? 
'Here, happy creature, ...Read more of this...
by Milton, John


The Well-Beloved

...y only choice, 
 Is now at Kingsbere Grove?" 
Again her soft mysterious voice: 
 "I am thy only Love." 

Thus still she vouched, and still I said, 
 "O sprite, that cannot be!" . . . 
It was as if my bosom bled, 
 So much she troubled me. 

The sprite resumed: "Thou hast transferred 
 To her dull form awhile 
My beauty, fame, and deed, and word, 
 My gestures and my smile. 

"O fatuous man, this truth infer, 
 Brides are not what they seem; 
Thou lovest what thou dreamest her...Read more of this...
by Hardy, Thomas

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