Read full poem →Reissued with illustrations, January, 1928:
August, 1929: February, 1930; May, 1931;
September, 1933.
Dictionary Entry
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
In a Sentence
“an august patron of the arts”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “august”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Guinevere, which were at once great favorites with all readers of
the poet; in August, 1864, Hnoch Arden, with which were pub-
lished Aylmer’s Field, Sea Dreams, The Grandmother, and The
Read full poem →What ails thee so to smile?
Chill August, pale September,
Endured a woful while,
Read full poem →AT ELEUSIS 208
AUGUST 215
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 218
Read full poem →On July 29, 1678, Marvell had an interview
with the Corporation at Hull, and on August
16, three weeks later, he died in London.*
Read full poem →nine years younger than Shakespeare, and he survived Shakespeare about
twenty-one years, dying in August, 1637. Next to Shakespeare Ben Jonson
was, in his own different way, the man of most mark in the story of the
Read full poem →to new adventurers, or relinquished all their attention
to the management. On the 30lh of August, 1G87,
Mr. Charles Davenant assigned his patent to Alexander
Read full poem →He died in August 1637, aged 63 years, and was
buried in Westminster Abbey.
Read full poem →A curtain'd, front coupe.
The sparkling sun of August shone;
The wind was in the West;
Read full poem →The soul,--its converse, to what Power 'tis due:--
Whether for tribute to the august appeals
Of Life, or dower in Love's high retinue,