Read full poem →Spent in star-defeated sighs,
But why should you as well as I
Perish ? gaze not in my eyes.
Dictionary Entry
In addition to; further to.
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“As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.”
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Poetry examples for “as well as”
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Read full poem →But who, living and dying, serene still and free,
Trusts in God, that as well as he was, he shall be.
Read full poem →I pray, where can the hurt lie?
Since you have brains as well as men,
As witness Lady Wortley.
Read full poem →If France excel him in one freeborn thought,
The man, as well as poet, is in fault.
Nature! informer of the poet's art,
Read full poem →inogion”; he knew also Nennius, Gildas, and Geoffrey
of Monmouth, as well as some of the romances, French and
English. These sources he has handled very freely. He
Read full poem →Why should I stay? can a sweeter chance ever come to me here?
O, having the nerves of motion as well as the nerves of pain,
Were it not wise if I fled from the place and the pit and the fear?
Read full poem →Being Illustrations from WILLS of Manners and Customs, as well as
of the Descents and Possessions of many distinguished Families.
Read full poem →Is born of us, and therefore is not pure;
Earthy as well as godlike; bound to strive—
Not doubtfully I augur from the past—
Read full poem →But since my baby’s birth I am happier far;
And I have done some work as well as you.
Read full poem →Or for the laurel, he may gain a scorn;
For a good poet’s made, as well as born.
And such wert thou! Look how the father’s face