Read full poem →Seems not to rise and fall,
And here upon my bosom prest
There beats no heart at all?"
Dictionary Entry
(somewhat obsolete) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “bosom”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I heard him say again,
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
Read full poem →I heard him say again,
‘The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
Read full poem →Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?
'Tis she!--but why that bleeding bosom gored,
Why dimly gleams the visionary sword?
Read full poem →To rise, and shade her with a sudden green.
The child Amphissus, to her bosom press'd,
Perceived a colder and a harder breast, 50
Read full poem →The tender lambs he raises in his arms,
Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms;
Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage,
Read full poem →But when our country's cause provokes to arms,
How martial music every bosom warms!
So when the first bold vessel dared the seas,
On a Fan of the Author's Design, in Which Was Painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, With the Motto, 'aura Veni.'byAlexander Pope
Read full poem →Lo! the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray,
Breathe on her lips, and in her bosom play!
In Delia's hand this toy is fatal found,
Read full poem →With thee in private modest Dulness lies,
And in thy bosom lurks in Thought's disguise;
Thou varnisher of fools, and cheat of all the wise!
Read full poem →While Cato gives his little senate laws,
What bosom beats not in his country's cause?
Who sees him act, but envies every deed?