Read full poem →How can I bear to abandon Papa and Mamma and my Sisters?
Dearest Louise, indeed it is very alarming; but, trust me
Ever, whatever may change, to remain your loving Georgina.
Dictionary Entry
To call to arms for defense
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Common Phrases
. alarmingrate alarmingsymptoms alarmingproportions alarmingextent alarmingincrease alarming
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Poetry examples for “alarming”
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Read full poem →autumn Session--if there were one--or in the following year. There
was a simmering in the Suffragist ranks rather than any alarming
explosion. In March, before Vivie went to Brussels, Mrs. Pankhurst
Read full poem →the Hour of Despondency and Prospect of Death." He elsewhere says they
were composed when fainting-fits and other alarming symptoms of a
pleurisy, or some other dangerous disorder, first put nature on the
Read full poem →Nor you drummers, neither at reveille at dawn,
Nor the long roll alarming the camp, nor even the muffled beat for a
burial,
Read full poem →To the same, from the Rev. William Greatheed. April
8, 1794. He acquaints Mr. H. with the alarming situation
of Cowper, and urges his coming to Weston 439
Read full poem →To Mrs. King, Jan. 26, 1792. He describes the circumstances
of Mrs. Unwin's alarming seizure; he asserts
that women surpass men in true fortitude; his engagements 367