Read full poem →I lean my cheek to the cold grey pillow,
The deep soft swell of the full broad billow,
And close mine eyes for delight past measure,
Dictionary Entry
A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
Origin
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Common Phrases
. billowbillow vonbillow princebillow smoke
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Poetry examples for “billow”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →It seemed to tame the waters without force
Till not a murmur swelled or billow beat:
Lo, as the purple shadow swept the sands,
Read full poem →It seemed to tame the waters without force
Till not a murmur swelled or billow beat:
Lo, as the purple shadow swept the sands,
Read full poem →Upon the wan crest of the coming woe,
The billow of earthquake underneath the seas,
And sit at ease,
Read full poem →Alas! for that accursed time
They bore thee o'er the billow,
From love to titled age and crime,
Read full poem →Alas! for that accursed time
They bore thee o'er the billow,
From love to titled age and crime,
Read full poem →She drifted a dreary wreck,
And a whooping billow swept the crew
Like icicles from her deck.
Read full poem →In the nook, the large burdock grows near the green willow;
In the flood, round the moorcock dashes under the billow;
To the old mill farewell, to the lock, pens, and waters,
Read full poem →And wild the tempest howling
Along the billow’d main;
But every danger felt before--