Famous Warded Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Warded poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous warded poems. These examples illustrate what a famous warded poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...ed, `the fire of God
Descends upon thee in the battle-field:
I know thee for my King!' Whereat the two,
For each had warded either in the fight,
Sware on the field of death a deathless love.
And Arthur said, `Man's word is God in man:
Let chance what will, I trust thee to the death.'
Then quickly from the foughten field he sent
Ulfius, and Brastias, and Bedivere,
His new-made knights, to King Leodogran,
Saying, `If I in aught have served thee well,
Give me thy dau...Read more of this...
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Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...y works your people.
He escaped on his way, enjoying his life
for a little while longer, nevertheless his right hand
warded his swath back in Heorot—and he came to die,
abjected, miserable in mind, at the bottom of a swamp. (ll. 2094-2100)
“The friend of the Scyldings rewarded my battle-crash
with many things: vesseled gold, many treasures,
after the morning had come, and we had sat down to feasting.
There was verse and much joy—a Scylding oldster
knowing many thin...Read more of this...
by
Anonymous,
...,
couch of his queen. The King-of-Glory
against this Grendel a guard had set,
so heroes heard, a hall-defender,
who warded the monarch and watched for the monster.
In truth, the Geats’ prince gladly trusted
his mettle, his might, the mercy of God!
Cast off then his corselet of iron,
helmet from head; to his henchman gave, --
choicest of weapons, -- the well-chased sword,
bidding him guard the gear of battle.
Spake then his Vaunt the valiant man,
Beowulf Geat, ere ...Read more of this...
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Anonymous,
...SPAN>They succour'd her when young, and strong, and great,He, in her weak old age, warded the stroke of Fate.Forth on thy way! my Song, and, where the boldTarpeian lifts his brow, shouldst thou behold,Of others' weal more thoughtful than his own,The chief, by general Italy revered,Tell him from me, to whom he is but knownRead more of this...
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Petrarch, Francesco
...d the clouds as prophecies,
And foul or fair could well divine,
By many an occult hint and sign,
Holding the cunning-warded keys
To all the woodcraft mysteries;
Himself to Nature's heart so near
That all her voices in his ear
Of beast or bird had meanings clear,
Like Apollonius of old,
Who knew the tales the sparrows told,
Or Hermes, who interpreted
What the sage cranes of Nilus said;
A simple, guileless, childlike man,
Content to live where life began;
Strong o...Read more of this...
by
Whittier, John Greenleaf
...forsake,As now 'twas seen, she could resistance make:No fencer ever better warded blow,Nor pilot did to shore more wisely rowTo shun a shelf, than with undaunted powerShe waved the stroke of this sharp conqueror.Mine eyes and heart were watchful to attend,In hope the victory would that way bendIt ever ...Read more of this...
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Petrarch, Francesco
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