Read full poem →Richard Morton's " Pyretologia" (1692), Marwell
had tertian ague, and the doctor gave him a
great febrifuge, a draft of Veiiice treacle, and
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Common Phrases
. aguefit agueague tertianague quartan
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Poetry examples for “ague”
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Read full poem →So my devout fits come and go away
Like a fantastic ague; save that here
Those are my best days, when I shake with feare.
Read full poem →And een repressed the laugh or smile--
Quake with the ague chills of fear,
And tremble though they love to hear;
Read full poem →As danger ever does from ill,
Fear's moment ague quakes the blood,
While plop the snake coils in the flood
Read full poem →So my devout fits come and go away
Like a fantastic ague; save that here
Those are my best days, when I shake with feare.
Read full poem →He lost his labour, I my jest:
For he was drowned, and I've the ague.[8]
Read full poem →Suddenly, his form stiffened and straightened. Then it was
shaken by a prolonged ague. He stared into space. To the two
watchers there was a curious and profound dignity in the firm
Read full poem →He knew the anguish of the marrow
The ague of the skeleton;
No contact possible to flesh
Read full poem →What troubles you, Yankee phantoms? What is all this chattering of bare gums?
Does the ague convulse your limbs? Do you mistake your crutches for fire-locks, and level
them?
Read full poem →His eyes grew old with wincing, and his hand
Reckless with ague. Courage leaked, as sand
From the best sandbags after years of rain.