Read full poem →And run, on ivory, so glib,
As not to stick at fool or ass,[65]
Nor stop at flattery or fib.[66]
Dictionary Entry
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. assoff assass wildass golden
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Poetry examples for “ass”
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Read full poem →And brings all natural events to pass,
Hath made him an attorney of an ass.
No young divine, new-beneficed, can be
Read full poem →But sing high and aloof,
Safe from the wolf’s black jaw, and the dull ass’s hoof.
Read full poem →Pete began pulling at Lilly’s panties. He was having a terrible time. Her
panties were tight around her big ass. Pete gave a violent tug, they ripped
and he pulled the panties down around her legs and off over her shoes.
Read full poem →gun on me, takes my clothes away and then ties me up. Then the dirty son-
of-a-bitch reams me in the ass!’ ‘Oh yeah?’ says the guy getting out of his
car. ‘Yeah, that’s what that dirty son-of-a-bitch did!’ says the man. ‘Well,’
Read full poem →walk to the breakfast nook where we ate all our meals except on Sunday.
There were two pillows on my chair. Isat on them but my legs and ass still
burned. My father was talking about his job, as always.
Read full poem →In crowded Bethlehem;
Saint and angel, ox and ass,
Kept a watch together
Read full poem →"There is no castle so well fortified, 10
But if an ass laden with gold comes on,
The guard will stoop, and gates fly open wide."
Read full poem →Forbid thine anger to procure my grief.
Lo, how the miserable great-eared ass,
Dulled with much beating, slowly forth doth pass!
Read full poem →But more I leave to say,
Fitly revering the Wild Ass's bray,
Also his hoof,