Famous Weepers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Inscription For A Crucifix.{1}

by Victor Hugo
 ("Vous qui pleurez, venez à ce Dieu.") 
 
 {Bk. III. iv., March, 1842.} 


 Ye weepers, the Mourner o'er mourners behold! 
 Ye wounded, come hither—the Healer enfold! 
 Ye gloomy ones, brighten 'neath smiles quelling care— 
 Or pass—for this Comfort is found ev'rywhere. 
 
 {Footnote 1: Music by Gounod.} 


 




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116. On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies

by Robert Burns
 A’ YE wha live by sowps o’ drink,
A’ ye wha live by crambo-clink,
A’ ye wha live and never think,
 Come, mourn wi’ me!
Our billie ’s gien us a’ a jink,
 An’ owre the sea!


Lament him a’ ye rantin core,
Wha dearly like a random splore;
Nae mair he’ll join the merry roar;
 In social key;
For now he’s taen anither shore.
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