Read full poem →“Earth is one desert waste of banishment,
Life is one long-drawn anguish of decay.
Dictionary Entry
The act of banishing.
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“The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.”
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Poetry examples for “banishment”
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Read full poem →And even through faith of still averted feet,
Making full circle of our banishment,
Amazèd meet;
Read full poem →And even through faith of still averted feet,
Making full circle of our banishment,
Amazed meet;
Read full poem →When his ungrateful country sent
Their best Camillus into banishment,
And forced their sovereign's act, they could not his consent.
Read full poem →[Footnote 53: Alluding to the Duke's banishment to Flanders. See note
on "Absalom and Achitophel," Vol. IX. p. 384.]
Read full poem →77 VII. From the death of Tarquinius Priscus to the death of Servius
Tullius 80 VIII. From the death of Servius Tullius to the banishment of
Tarquinius Superbus 83 IX. From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus