Read full poem →Then Florian, but no livelier than the dame
That whisper’d “ Asses’ ears ” among the sedge,
“My sister.” “Comely, too, by all that’s fair,”
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
. assesoff assesasses wild
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Poetry examples for “asses”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What shall I do? Go on through the Tyrol, Switzerland, Deutschland,
Seeking, an inverse Saul, a kingdom to find only asses?
There is a tide, at least, in the LOVE affairs of mortals,
Read full poem →“Come on, Pop, how about a movie? We just got out of gym, our asses
are dragging! Wagner had us doing the hop, skip and jump like a bunch
Read full poem →O my fellow sufferers, songs of my youth,
A lot of asses praise you because you are “virile,”
We, you, I! We are “Red Bloods”!
Read full poem →Let punees, porters, players praise delight,
And, till they burst, their backs, like asses load:
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.