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Famous Wauken Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Burns, Robert
...urse,
 An’ we hae done wi’ thriving.
 Awa’ Whigs, &c.


Grim vengeance lang has taen a nap,
 But we may see him wauken:
Gude help the day when royal heads
 Are hunted like a maukin!
 Awa’ Whigs, &c....Read more of this...



by Burns, Robert
...Nature, my Willie to me!


Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers,
 How your dread howling a lover alarms!
Wauken, ye breezes, row gently, ye billows,
 And waft my dear laddie ance mair to my arms.
But oh, if he’s faithless, and minds na his Nannie,
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main!
May I never see it, may I never trow it,
 But, dying, believe that my Willie’s my ain!...Read more of this...

by Burns, Robert
...little mate unkind,
And heard thee as the careless wind?
Oh, nocht but love and sorrow join’d,
 Sic notes o’ woe could wauken!
Thou tells o’ never-ending care;
O’speechless grief, and dark despair:
For pity’s sake, sweet bird, nae mair!
 Or my poor heart is broken....Read more of this...

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