Read full poem →13 Adieu to all but Gay alone,
Whose soul, sincere and free,
Dictionary Entry
Very nearly; everything short of.
In a Sentence
“The food is all but finished.”
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Poetry examples for “all but”
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Read full poem →Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.
All but the Sylph--with careful thoughts oppress'd,
The impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
Read full poem →Land secure from all invasion,
All but Cupid's gentle darts!
From your charms, oh! who would run?
Read full poem →I've a wife I love and that loves me;
I've all but riches bodily;
Read full poem →One king, one faith, one lajiguage, and one isle,
English and Scotch, 'tis all but cross and pile.
Charles, oui great soul, this only understands,
Read full poem →He should have writhed and wrestled in my arms,
And all but overcome, and set his knee
Hard on my chest, till I—all faint, yet still
Read full poem →Lay aside paper or book, to talk with the girl that is next one;
And, _pour passer le temps_, with the terminus all but in prospect,
Talk of eternal ties and marriages made in heaven.
Read full poem →Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring,
Are all but Luther’s beer, to this I sing.
Of this we will sup free, but moderately,
Read full poem →His remaining companions called for more wine for
Banjo and his boys. The girls, all but one, gave them
their backs and went off shaking themselves disdainfully.
Read full poem →Some verses, made when she was ice
To all but Heaven, six years ago;
Since happier grown! I took and read