Read full poem →The happiest day—the happiest hour
My seared and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
Dictionary Entry
To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
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Common Phrases
areas blighted. blightedhopes blightedarea blightedovum blighted
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Poetry examples for “blighted”
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Read full poem →The happiest day--the happiest hour
My seared and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
Read full poem →And this elm,
And a blighted earth to till
With a broken hoe.
Read full poem →And had no names in traffic or more value there than toys:
There were blighted sons of wonder in the Valley of the Shadow,
Where they suffered and still wondered why their wonder made no noise.
Read full poem →Autumn's blast
Has stained and blighted every bough;
Wild strawberries like her lips
Read full poem →Was mine, till Love has o’er me past,
And blighted a’ my bloom;
And now, beneath the withering blast,
Read full poem →The Harper on the islet beach,
Reclined against a blighted tree,
As wasted, gray, and worn as he.