Famous Wrongful Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Sonnet XX: Fly Fly My Friends

by Sir Philip Sidney
 Fly, fly, my friends, I have my death wound; fly! 
See there that boy, that murthering boy I say, 
Who like a thief, hid in dark bush doth lie, 
Till bloody bullet get him wrongful prey. 

So tyrant he no fitter place could spy, 
Nor so fair level in so secret stay, 
As that sweet black which veils the...Read more of this...

Astrophel and Stella: XX

by Sir Philip Sidney
 Fly, fly, my friends, I have my death wound, fly!
See there that boy, that murd'ring boy, I say,
Who, like a thief, hid in dark bush doth lie
Till bloody bullet get him wrongful prey.
So tyrant he no fitter place could spy,
Nor so fair level in so secret stay,
As that sweet black which veils the heav'nly eye;
There himself with his shot...Read more of this...

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