Famous Wracking Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Song On A Sigh

by William Strode
 O tell mee, tell, thou god of wynde,
In all thy cavernes canst thou finde
A vapor, fume, a gale or blast
Like to a sigh which love doth cast?
Can any whirlwynde in thy vault
Plough upp earth's breast with like assault?
Goe wynde and blowe thou where thou please,
Yea breathles leave mee to my ease.


If thou be wynde, O then refrayne
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