Read full poem →By those happy souls who dwell
In yellow meads of asphodel,
Or amaranthine bowers;
Dictionary Entry
Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
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Common Phrases
. asphodelmeadows asphodelpress asphodellong asphodelfields asphodelmeadow asphodelasphodel bogasphodel common
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Poetry examples for “asphodel”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I find thee; I am safe, and strong, and glad.
As one who stands in dewless asphodel,
Looks backward on the tedious time he had
Read full poem →With such strange arts this flower did allure
That all forgotten was the asphodel,
And the brown bee, the lily’s paramour,
Read full poem →For thou wert weary of the sunless day,
The heavy fields of scentless asphodel,
The loveless lips with which men kiss in Hell.
Read full poem →Young Charmides was lying; wearily
He plucked the blossoms from the asphodel,
And with its little rifled treasury
Read full poem →Chewing the bitter fruit of memory,
Some God lies hidden in the asphodel.
Ah Love! if such there be, then it were well
Read full poem →Ay! even now the glory of thy fame
Burns in those fields of trampled asphodel,
Where the high lords whom Ilion knew so well
Read full poem →For thou wert weary of the sunless day,
The heavy fields of scentless asphodel,
The loveless lips with which men kiss in Hell.